This Sweet Sickness (film)

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.

Dites-lui que je l'aime
Directed by	Claude Miller
Written by	Claude Miller Luc Béraud Patricia Highsmith (novel)
Produced by	Maurice Bernart Hubert Niogret
Starring	Gérard Depardieu Miou-Miou
Cinematography	Pierre Lhomme
Edited by	Jean-Bernard Bonis
Music by	Alain Jomy
Distributed by	AMLF/Filmoblic/France 3 Cinema/Prospectacle
Release date	28 September 1977 (1977-09-28)
Running time	107 minutes
Country	France
Language	French
Box office	$3.5 million

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. Nevertheless, David begins stalking her, intent on making her love him by any means necessary.

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.

External links

• This Sweet Sickness at IMDb
• Dites-lui que je l'aime at AllMovie