Dites-lui que je l'aime (1977) Directed by Claude Miller
Drama / Mystery / Romance
aka: This Sweet Sickness
Film Synopsis
David Martinot is madly in love with Lise, a married woman. In
the course of an accident, he kills her husband, Gérard.
Even though Lise is now free to pursue a love affair with another man,
David still cannot get her to show an interest in him. Dismayed
and bitter, his mood darkens and his passion soon turns into a deadly
obsession...
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 (Boy),
Robert Dullier,
Daniel Perche,
Jeanne Lobre
Country: France
Language: French
Support: Color
Runtime: 102 min
Aka:This Sweet Sickness
Continental Films, quality cinema under the Nazi Occupation
At the time of the Nazi Occupation of France during WWII, the German-run company Continental produced some of the finest films made in France in the 1940s.
It was American film noir and pulp fiction that kick-started the craze for thrillers in 1950s France and made it one of the most popular and enduring genres.