THE MAN WHO LOVED WOMEN
| 1977 – 120′ – Drama, ROMANCE, COMEDY, CLASSIC.
Written by: Michel Fermaud, Suzanne Schiffman, François Truffaut.
Directed by: François Truffaut.
Starring: Charles Denner, Geneviève Fontanel, Brigitte Fossey, Leslie Caron, Nathalie Baye, Nelly Borgeaud, Jean Dasté, Valérie Bonnier.
Official Selections Berlin International Film Festival 1976. 3 César Awards Nominations including Best Actor (Charles Denner).
Official Selection COLCOA 2014.
In French with English subtitles.
A Screenpix release. |
The funeral of Bertrand is attended by a long line of women in mourning – all the sexual conquests of his life. In a flashback, Bertrand writes a scandalous memoir in which he remembers what he loved about each woman, and struggles to understand why he has never been able to settle down. Targeted by the feminist movement in full swing at the time of its release, Pariscope’s Claire Clouot called the film, “an inventory of spare parts exhibiting broads like veal scallops.” But just beneath the surface of this lighthearted and entertaining take on a charming womanizer is a slightly melancholic portrait of a complex man consumed by urges he cannot control. Even as Bertrand rifles through his numerous love affairs dispensing bits of wisdom and humor, some might think of Captain Ahab’s destructive obsession with Moby Dick. For Bertrand, every woman is potentially the white whale, but once conquered, she is just another fish in the sea.