L'important c'est d'aimer
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| L'important c'est d'aimer | |
|---|---|
| Directed by | Andrzej Żuławski |
| Written by | Christopher Frank Andrzej Żuławski |
| Starring | Romy Schneider Jacques Dutronc Fabio Testi Klaus Kinski |
| Music by | Georges Delerue |
| Distributed by | S. N. Prodis (France) Seaberg Film Distr. (USA) |
| Release date(s) | 1975 |
| Running time | 105 min. (Edited) 110 min. (Uncut) 113 min. (Uncut) |
| Country | France |
| Language | French |
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L'important c'est d'aimer was the breakthrough movie in France for Polish filmmaker Andrzej Żuławski. It tells the story of a passionate love story between Nadine Chevalier, a B-List actress (Schneider) and Servais Mont, a photographer (Testi) in the violent and unforgiving French show biz.
In 1974, he coadapted and directed this movie, based on the novel by Christopher Frank La nuit américaine ( no relation with the François Truffaut movie). The success in France was such - it was featuring very popular actress Romy Schneider and French singer Jacques Dutronc - that it allowed Żuławski to come back to Poland.
Romy Schneider obtained the first César Award for Best Actress for this role.