L’homme qui aimait les femmes
France,
1977, 119 min
Shown in 1977
CREDITS
- dir
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François Truffaut
- scr
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François Truffaut, Michel Fermaud, Suzanne Schiffman
- cam
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Nestor Almendros
- editor
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Martine Barraque-Curie
- cast
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Charles Denner, Brigitte Fossey, Nelly Borgeaud, Genevieve Fontanel, Nathalie Baye, Sabine Glaser, Leslie Caron
- prod co
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Les Films du Carrosse
- source
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Cinema 5 Ltd.
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COMMENTS
Brigitte Fossey attended.
OTHER
François Truffaut’s new film is an unusual tale of a man who is obsessed by women, to the extent that the obsession becomes more important than the women who satisfy it. Neither a gigolo nor a Don Juan, the man is nonetheless very successful at seduction, although incapable of maintaining a relationship. The film is also an homage to the talent of one of France’s leading character actors, Charles Denner, who dominates the film in much the same way that Isabelle Adjani did Truffaut’s thematically related work, The Story of Adele H. Brigitte Fossey and Leslie Caron make strong appearances in key roles as the two women who best understand the man who loved love.
FACTOID #188
According to an item in the 1969 Halloween edition of the Hollywood Reporter, Swedish director Bo Widerberg cancelled a Festival tribute at the last minute with a cryptic telegram from Stockholm that read, ’Sorry impossible to come. Must stay in bed.’
