Dites-lui que je l'aime
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Dites-lui que je l'aime is a 1977 French film directed by Claude Miller and starring Gérard Depardieu and Miou-Miou. It is based on the novel This Sweet Sickness by Patricia Highsmith. The film received six César nominations, for best director, actor, actress, cinematography, production design and sound.
[edit] Plot
David Martinaud is an accountant who leaves town for the weekends on the pretence that he is going to the old age home to care for his aging parents, who are in fact dead. He is really fixing up a chalet, where he intends to move in with Lise, who he has loved since childhood. However, Lise is just married to another and has a child, but this does not stop the warped and depressed David from pursuing his dream, which is motivated by a deep-seeted feeling of sexual inadequacy.
[edit] Cast
- Gérard Depardieu - David Martinaud
- Miou-Miou - Juliette
- Claude Piéplu - Chouin
- Dominique Laffin - Lise
- Christian Clavier - François
- Josiane Balasko - Nadine
