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Dites-lui que je l'aime (1977)
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.
Updated May 9 2020
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Gérard Depardieu
David Martinaud
Claude Piéplu
Panoramix
Xavier Saint-Macary
Bertrand Fabre
Christian Clavier
Andre Morin
Michel Pilorgé
Michel Pilorgé
Dominique Laffin
Solange
Jacques Denis
Jacques Denis
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Patricia Highsmith
Novel
Pierre Lhomme
Director of Photography
Claude Miller
Director
Claude Miller
Screenplay
Maurice Bernart
Producer
Luc Béraud
Screenplay
Hubert Niogret
Producer
Alain Jomy
Original Music Composer
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