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That Most Important Thing: Love

Original title: L'important c'est d'aimer
  • 19751975
  • RR
  • 1h 49m
IMDb RATING
7.1/10
4.1K
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Romy Schneider, Jacques Dutronc, and Fabio Testi in That Most Important Thing: Love (1975)
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Play trailer1:34
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  • Drama
  • Romance
Servais Mont, a photographer, meets Nadine Chevalier who earns her money starring in cheap soft-core movies. Trying to help her, he borrows the money from the loan sharks to finance the thea... Read allServais Mont, a photographer, meets Nadine Chevalier who earns her money starring in cheap soft-core movies. Trying to help her, he borrows the money from the loan sharks to finance the theatrical production of 'Richard III' and gives Nadine a part. Nadine is torn apart between S... Read allServais Mont, a photographer, meets Nadine Chevalier who earns her money starring in cheap soft-core movies. Trying to help her, he borrows the money from the loan sharks to finance the theatrical production of 'Richard III' and gives Nadine a part. Nadine is torn apart between Servais, for whom she is falling in love, and her husband Jacques, to whom she has moral ob... Read all
IMDb RATING
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4.1K
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  • Director
    • Andrzej Zulawski
  • Writers
    • Christopher Frank(novel "La nuit americaine")
    • Andrzej Zulawski(adaptation)
  • Stars
    • Romy Schneider
    • Fabio Testi
    • Jacques Dutronc
Top credits
  • Director
    • Andrzej Zulawski
  • Writers
    • Christopher Frank(novel "La nuit americaine")
    • Andrzej Zulawski(adaptation)
  • Stars
    • Romy Schneider
    • Fabio Testi
    • Jacques Dutronc
  • See production, box office & company info
    • 14User reviews
    • 44Critic reviews
  • See more at IMDbPro
    • Awards
      • 3 wins & 4 nominations

    Videos1

    That Most Important Thing: Love
    Trailer 1:34
    That Most Important Thing: Love

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    Romy Schneider in That Most Important Thing: Love (1975)
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    Klaus Kinski and Romy Schneider in That Most Important Thing: Love (1975)
    Romy Schneider and Fabio Testi in That Most Important Thing: Love (1975)

    Top cast

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    Romy Schneider
    Romy Schneider
    • Nadine Chevalier
    Fabio Testi
    Fabio Testi
    • Servais Mont
    Jacques Dutronc
    Jacques Dutronc
    • Jacques Chevalier
    Claude Dauphin
    Claude Dauphin
    • Mazelli
    Roger Blin
    • Le père de Servais
    Gabrielle Doulcet
    • Madame Mazelli
    Michel Robin
    Michel Robin
    • Raymond Lapade
    Guy Mairesse
    • Laurent Messala
    Katia Tchenko
    Katia Tchenko
    • Myriam
    Nicoletta Machiavelli
    Nicoletta Machiavelli
    • Luce
    Klaus Kinski
    Klaus Kinski
    • Karl-Heinz Zimmer
    Paul Bisciglia
    Paul Bisciglia
    • L'assistant-metteur en scène
    Henri Coutet
    • Le père de Jacques
    • (scenes deleted)
    Sylvain Levignac
    • Le premier homme dans la brasserie
    • (as Sylvain)
    Andrée Tainsy
    Andrée Tainsy
    • La mère de Jacques
    • (scenes deleted)
    • (as Andree Tainsy)
    Olga Valéry
    • La femme au godemiché
    Jacques Boudet
    Jacques Boudet
    • Robert Beninge
    Robert Dadiès
    • Le médecin à l'hôpital
    • (as Robert Dadies)
    • …
    • Director
      • Andrzej Zulawski
    • Writers
      • Christopher Frank(novel "La nuit americaine") (adaptation) (dialogue)
      • Andrzej Zulawski(adaptation)
    • All cast & crew
    • See more cast details at IMDbPro

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    Storyline

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    Did you know

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    • Trivia
      Romy Schneider considered this movie her best work.
    • Quotes

      Jacques Chevalier: J'ai rêvé de toi. Tu me versais du Coca-Cola dans l'oreille... Une vilaine mort, croyez-moi !

    • Alternate versions
      Italian video version excludes some violent and explicit erotic scenes and runs 105 min.
    • Connections
      Featured in La mano negra (1980)

    User reviews14

    Review
    Top review
    Ranks high in low points; perhaps supreme in post-La Dolce Vita emptiness. Romy a must-see.
    I'm not surprised to read here at IMDb that Romy called this her best work. She leads a cast of irresistible losers (Dutronc, Kinski, Testi) in the wholly believable debauchery that is so truly the amoral dilemma of the profession Maugham has called "THE show business". The physical electricity of these performers is such that I came away from it thirty years ago thinking that Miss Schneider was Brando's doppelganger. Or perhaps she WAS Brando! After all, they were never seen together, were they? If acting may be defined as the truthful response to fictional stimuli, then this film, which, by the way, must be screening daily in both Heaven and Hell, was perhaps shot in one cosmic take. These actors display - seamlessly - their bodies, their appetites, their loves, egos, ids and superegos. Never mind the sadness, life is for learning.
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    • b-jacobsons
    • Feb 17, 2007

    Details

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    • Release date
      • April 1977 (United States)
    • Countries of origin
      • France
      • Italy
      • West Germany
    • Language
      • French
    • Also known as
      • L'important c'est d'aimer
    • Filming locations
      • Paris, France
    • Production companies
      • Albina Productions S.a.r.l.
      • Rizzoli Film
      • TIT Filmproduktion GmbH
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    Box office

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    • Gross US & Canada
      • $19,120
    • Opening weekend US & Canada
      • $5,370
      • Jul 16, 2017
    • Gross worldwide
      • $19,120
    See detailed box office info on IMDbPro

    Technical specs

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    • Runtime
      1 hour 49 minutes
    • Sound mix
      • Mono
    • Aspect ratio
      • 1.85 : 1

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