Dites-lui que je l'aime (English: Tell Her I Love Her) is a 1977 French film directed by Claude Miller and starring Gérard Depardieu and Miou-Miou. It is based on the 1961 novel This Sweet Sickness by Patricia Highsmith.
Plot David Martinaud is an accountant who leaves town for the weekends on the pretense that he is going to his native home to care for his parents, who are in fact dead. He is really fixing up a chalet, where he intends to move in with Lise, a woman he has loved since childhood - even though Lise is married to another man and has a child.
Oblivious about Lise's married life, David begins stalking her, intent on making her love him by any means necessary. Another woman, Juliette, develops an interest in David; howver, David remains obsessed with Lise, becoming increasingly delusional about their relationship.
Cast Gérard Depardieu - David Martinaud Miou-Miou - Juliette Claude Piéplu - Chouin Jacques Denis - Gérard Dutilleux Dominique Laffin - Lise Christian Clavier - François Xavier Saint-Macary - Michel Barbet Véronique Silver - Madame Barbet Annick Le Moal - Camille Josiane Balasko - Nadine Michel Pilorgé - Maurice Jacqueline Jeanne - Jeanne Michel Such - Raymond Nathan Miller - Child
Awards The film received six César nominations, for best director, actor, actress, cinematography, production design and sound.
Highsmith, however, disliked the film.
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