L'amour à mort (1984)

Director:

Alain Resnais

Writer:

Jean Gruault (scenario)

Release Date:

5 September 1984 (France)

Genre:

Drama | Romance

Plot:

Elisabeth and Simon have been deeply in love for two months when Simon momentarily dies, but comes back to life...

Plot Keywords:

Suicide | Funeral | Love | Death | Old Language

Awards:

5 nominations

Cast

Sabine Azéma	...	Elisabeth Sutter
Fanny Ardant	...	Judith Martignac
Pierre Arditi	...	Simon Roche
André Dussollier	...	Jérôme Martignac
Jean Dasté	...	Dr. Rozier
Geneviève Mnich	...	Anne Jourdet
Jean-Claude Weibel	...	Le spécialiste
Louis Castel	...	Michel Garenne
Françoise Rigal	...	Juliette Dotax
Françoise Morhange	...	Mme Vigne
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Jean Champion	...	Voice (voice)
Yvette Etiévant	...	Voice (voice)
Bernard Malaterre	...	Voice (voice)

Also Known As:

Love Unto Death (International: English title)

Runtime:

92 min

Country:

France

Language:

French

Color:

Color (Eastmancolor)

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Sound Mix:

Mono

Certification:

Hong Kong:I | Italy:T | UK:15

Filming Locations:

Uzès, Gard, France

Company:

Philippe Dussart

Trivia:

There is at least a red and/or black item in every interior scene, since the color red stands for love and black for death.

Goofs:

Crew or equipment visible: Around 12.40 in the film, when Elisabeth picks up some papers from the floor, standing in front of a mirror and after wards walks to Simon, you can see someone in the mirror pulling the camera.

An easy to understand film from renowned French Cinéaste Alain Resnais

Master cinéaste Alain Resnais likes to work with those actors who are a part of his family.In this film too we see Resnais' family members like Pierre Arditi, Sabine Azema, André Dussolier and Fanny Ardant dealing with serious themes like death,religion,suicide,love and their overall implications on our daily lives.The formal nature of relationship shared by these people is evident as even friends, they address each other using a formal you.In 1984,while making L'amour à mort,Resnais dealt with time,memory and space to unravel the mysteries of a fundamental question of human existence :Is love stronger than death ? It was 16 years ago in 1968 that Resnais made a somewhat similar film Je t'aime Je t'aime which was also about love and memories.Message of this film is loud and clear :true and deep love can even put science to shame as dead lovers regain their lost lives leaving doctors to care for their reputation.L'amour à mort is like a game which is not at all didactic.It is a film in which the musical score is in perfect tandem with its images.This is one of the reasons why this film can easily be grasped.