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 ...
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Title: That Most Important Thing: Love (1975)
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3 wins & 4 nominations.
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| Romy Schneider | ... | Nadine Chevalier | |
| Fabio Testi | ... | Servais Mont | |
| Jacques Dutronc | ... | Jacques Chevalier | |
| Claude Dauphin | ... | Mazelli | |
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Roger Blin | ... | Le père de Servais |
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Gabrielle Doulcet | ... | Madame Mazelli |
| Michel Robin | ... | Raymond Lapade | |
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Guy Mairesse | ... | Laurent Messala |
| Katia Tchenko | ... | Myriam | |
| Nicoletta Machiavelli | ... | Luce | |
| Klaus Kinski | ... | Karl-Heinz Zimmer | |
| Paul Bisciglia | ... | L'assistant-metteur en scène | |
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Henri Coutet | ... | Le père de Jacques (scenes deleted) |
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Sylvain Levignac | ... | Le premier homme dans la brasserie (as Sylvain) |
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Andrée Tainsy | ... | La mère de Jacques (scenes deleted) (as Andree Tainsy) |
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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 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 obligations. Written by Yuri German <blsidt1@imf.org>
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FrenchRelease Date:
April 1977 (USA) See more »Also Known As:
L'important c'est d'aimer See more »Filming Locations:
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Opening Weekend USA:
$5,370, 16 July 2017Gross USA:
$19,120Cumulative Worldwide Gross:
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This film is a little more complex than the title suggests. Love is only one of the elements of the picture.
In fact, I would say most of the movie is spent on producing "art" that you are not proud of. This theme is throughout the movie. You get the impression that it is being bolted into your nerves like a physical trauma bolts in disdain.
We also deal with the end of youth and how we cope with it. The film is indeed extremely raw. The scenes are meant to be honest and to the point. We get very little sidestepping when it comes to the point of scenes. Perhaps the actors will discuss things in a roundabout way, but the theme slices through each scene like a scimitar.
On the subject of love. This is very important to the movie as well. Even though there are virtually no signs of it til the very end, there is a longing for it. And that is what most good romances are about. Sydney Pollock once said something to the effect of, the interesting part of a Romance Film is the longing for the connection between the characters. You can have a couple of slow motion scenes of them waltzing through the park and feeding each other fruits, but that isn't what drives the story and the film. Perhaps that is why this film is so good.