The Man Who Loved Women (1977 film)
- Brigitte Fossey: Geneviève Bigey
- Nelly Borgeaud: Dolphins Grezel
- Geneviève Fontanel: Hélène
- Leslie Caron: Véra
- Nathalie Baye: Martine Desdoits
The Man Who Loved Women is a film by François Truffaut from 1977.
Action
Bertrand Morane is buried in the presence of many women. To the women also Geneviève Bigey that will tell later about the man and his affairs belongs. The action begins with the fact that Morane fallen in love with the legs of an unknown woman, of which he can only remember her license plate. With much effort, he manages to find out their identity and to arrange a meeting, only to discover to that she covered with her legs and pants that are by no means to the desired woman, but only to their cousin.
Legs are Moranes passion. Since his youth, he is interested in women's legs. He begins to write an autobiographical novel, leaving his wife experiences of youth happen to Revue. After the completion of his book, he offers it to four major publishers. Due to the personal commitment of the editor Geneviève Bigey it is believed, and he begins an affair with her when she visited him in Montpellier. After she returned to Paris, Morane is approached from the car when he looks up the legs of another woman on the street. He eventually dies in the hospital when he tried to see more of the legs of a nurse, while ripping out his IV lines.
Criticism
- Filmdienst: Truffaut describes the adventures of an apparent womanizer with humor, sometimes a bit cryptic, and interprets them as a search for a dream image, in the mystery of the feminine.
Awards
- François Truffaut took with this film in the competition of the Berlinale 1977
- Charles Denner, Nelly Borgeaud and Geneviève Fontanel in 1978 nominated for the César.
Background
The film was shot in Montpellier.