Je vous aime

Je Vous Aime
Directed byClaude Berri
Produced byRenn Productions
StarringCatherine Deneuve
Jean-Louis Trintignant
Gérard Depardieu
Serge Gainsbourg
Alain Souchon
CinematographyÉtienne Becker
Music bySerge Gainsbourg
Distributed byAgence Méditerranéenne de Location de Films (A.M.L.F.)
Release date
  • 1980 (1980)
Running time
100 minutes
CountryFrance
LanguageFrench
Box office$8,100,210

Je Vous Aime (English: I Love You All) is a 1980 French romance film directed by Claude Berri. Its cast comprises notable actors and actresses like Jean Louis Trintignant, Catherine Deneuve, Gérard Depardieu and Serge Gainsbourg. It was first released in 1980 and it was shown in the US in 1981.

Plot

Alice is a journalist in her late thirties, and the divorced mother of a teenage boy. While professionally successful, she struggles to find a suitable life partner.

As she and Claude are about to break up, she reminisces about several of her past relationships: Simon, an older, irascible singer who involves her in his artistic endeavors and with whom she constantly fights; Patrick, a singer and musician who wins her heart with his doe-eyed glance while accompanying one of Simon's songs on the saxophone ; Julien, a timid, middle-aged gentleman who falls for Alice while helping her push her stalled car to a roadside during a thunderstorm. The film follows a non-linear narrative as it recounts Alice's romances with those men and how their relationships ultimately failed.

Cast

Soundtrack

Serge Gainsbourg wrote the music score for the movie, notably the song Dieu fumeur de havanes, which he duets with Deneuve in one scene. The song was released as a successful single. Another tune from the soundtrack, a punk rock song titled La P'tite Agathe and performed by Gérard Depardieu, was also released as a single.

Awards

Organization Category Recipients and nominees Result
César AwardCésar Award for Best Supporting ActorAlain SouchonNominated
César Award for Best Music Written for a FilmSerge GainsbourgNominated

References

  1. 1 2 "Je Vous Aime". Australian Centre for the Moving Image. Archived from the original on 2011-04-15.
  2. ↑ "Je vous aime (1980) - JPBox-Office".
  3. ↑ "Je Vous Aime". Le Monde.
  4. 1 2 "6ème Cerimonie Des César 1981". Acadèmie des César.