1 h 42 min | Thriller | Drama | Mystery | Romance

IMDB 6.8 / 10 (420 votes)

This Sweet Sickness (1977)

Dites-lui que je l'aime | France

French filmmaker Claude Miller's This Sweet Sickness is based on a suspense novel by Patricia Highsmith, of Strangers on a Train fame. In the original, the murder-protagonist was a psychotic, pure and simple (if such words are appropriate here!) In Miller's version, the "hero," David, is a pathetic creature, motivated by humiliation and sexual inadequacy; thus the emphasis is not on his heinous crimes but on his warped personality. The director's noirish decision to stage much of the action in the dark, or the rain, or both, is a function of David's deep depression. As in his other films, Miller uses water as an omen of evil; you've seldom seen a more foreboding swimming pool than the one in This Sweet Sickness. The film was originally released as Dites-lui que je l'aime.

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Writers

Claude Miller
Luc Béraud

Stars

Gérard Depardieu
David Martinaud

Miou-Miou
Juliette

Dominique Laffin
Lise

Claude Piéplu
Choiun

Jacques Denis
Gérard Dutilleux

Xavier Saint-Macary
Michel Barbet

Véronique Silver
Madame Barbet

Christian Clavier
François

Michel Pilorgé
Maurice

Josiane Balasko
Nadine

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Keywords

insanity, love of one's life, castle, jealousy, renovation

Production

FR3, Filmoblic, Prospectacle

Actor

Gérard Depardieu, Miou-Miou, Dominique Laffin, Claude Piéplu, Jacques Denis, Xavier Saint-Macary, Véronique Silver, Christian Clavier, Michel Pilorgé, Josiane Balasko, Annick Le Moal

Creators

Claude Miller (Screenplay), Patricia Highsmith (Novel), Pierre Lhomme (Director of Photography), Maurice Bernart (Producer), Luc Béraud (Screenplay), Hubert Niogret (Producer), Alain Jomy (Original Music Composer), Jean-Bernard Bonis (Editor), Hilton McConnico (Production Design)

Release dates

28.09.1977 (FR)

This Sweet Sickness (1977)

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