How Much Do You Love Me? (2005)
"Combien tu m'aimes?" (original title)

In Paris, after winning the lottery, the clerk François goes to a bar in Pigalle and offers one hundred thousand Euros per month to the prostitute Daniela to live with him until the end of ... See full summary »

Director:

Bertrand Blier

Writer:

Bertrand Blier

Stars:

Monica Bellucci, Bernard Campan, Gérard Depardieu

1 win & 1 nomination.

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Monica Bellucci	...	Daniela
Bernard Campan	...	François
Gérard Depardieu	...	Charly
Jean-Pierre Darroussin	...	André Migot
Edouard Baer	...	L'homme bouleversé
Farida Rahouadj	...	La voisine
Sara Forestier	...	Muguet
Michel Vuillermoz	...	Le toubib
François Rollin	...	Michael
Jean Barney	...	Garde du corps 1
Baptiste Roussillon	...	Garde du corps 2
Jean Dell	...	Homme du cimetière
Michaël Abiteboul	...	Collègue François
Fabienne Chaudat	...	Collègue François
Thomas Badek	...	Le voisin

Storyline

In Paris, after winning the lottery, the clerk François goes to a bar in Pigalle and offers one hundred thousand Euros per month to the prostitute Daniela to live with him until the end of his money. François is a lonely man, with heart problems and Daniela stays with him for eight days. Then, she decides to come back to her man, the mobster Charly, but she misses François and returns to his place. But once a whore, always a whore.

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Plot Keywords:

pigalle | prostitute | sex talk | prostitute wife | sexual desire | 

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Taglines:

French Director Bertrand Blier creates an intensely seductive story about beauty, sex and Love.

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Genres:

Comedy | Drama | Romance

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Details

Official Sites:

Official site [fr] Pan-Européenne [fr]

Country:

Italy France

Language:

French

Release Date:

26 October 2005 (France)

Also Known As:

How Much Do You Love Me?

Filming Locations:

France

Box Office

Budget:

€10,000,000 (estimated)

Company Credits

Production Co:

Fidélité Productions, BIM Distribuzione, France 2 Cinéma

Technical Specs

Runtime:

95 min

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital Dolby

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

Bertrand Blier:  first customer of the prostitute who wants to go to Seychelles (Muguet).

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Goofs

When Francois' neighbour overhears Daniela, she is in an apartment to the left of Francois' apartment as seen from outside. However when she comes to complain, she comes from the left-hand apartment as seen from the corridor. whereas it should be the right hand apartment

User Reviews

Disappointing Blier-Depardieu vehicle.

I've watched the Depardieu-Blier films all the way back to VALSEUSES and enjoyed them so I came at this one believing all the knocking comment must be wrong.

Well it's certainly not a dead loss. Campan registers in a tricky role acquiring Pigalle poule de luxe Bellucci and taking her back to his office worker flat, despite his shaky health and down at heel associates and this part plays quite well.

Surprisingly, it's when an aged Depardieu doing "vieux jeu con" shows up that things become strained. Well with a record like this, these guys are entitled to one screw up.

The film is by no means a write-off with the changes of light, background and costume within scenes getting attention until you realize that, if they have any meaning, Blier is not going to share it with us. The opera score has oddity value and the small parts are striking. Farida Rahouadj's turn as the Northern neighbour is particularly attention getting.

It's a pity to find this one getting international showing on the strength of its star power, in place of more imposing product.