Dear Louise
Synopsis
After her divorce, Louise moved in with her mother. When her mother dies, Louise, now forty years old, leaves for Annecy, burning all her bridges behind her. In Annecy, she meets an unemployed Italian in his twenties, who is half-heartedly begging. She gives him some money. He follows her and she ends up letting him stay with her. Things start spiralling out of control. No matter what Louise says and does, Luigi brings some warmth into her life, a notion of love which she so badly needs. Soon, their relationship has everyone's tongues wagging and Louise's teacher colleagues point the finger at her. Luigi has it cosy: he's fed, housed and clothed. He vaguely looks for work, does a bit of stealing, meets women his own age, wants a motorbike. After a particular encounter with a young woman and the ensuing scandal Louise creates, Luigi disappears. Louise finds herself alone, tries to commit suicide, and ends up in her usual state of solitude.
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Actors (10)
Production and distribution (4)
- Executive Producer : Les Films Ariane
- Co-productions : Columbia France, Productions et Éditions Cinématographiques Françaises (PECF)
- Foreign production company : CC Champion
- Film exports/foreign sales : Warner Bros. (France)
Full credits (17)
- Adaptation : Jean-Loup Dabadie
- Screenwriter : Jean-Loup Dabadie
- Director of Photography : Ricardo Aronovich
- Music Composer : Georges Delerue
- Assistant Director : Denis Amar
- Editor : Françoise Javet
- Sound Recordist : Jean-Louis Ducarme
- Foreign Producer : Carlo Ponti
- Author of original work : Jean-Louis Curtis
- Producers : Georges Dancigers, Alexandre Mnouchkine
- Assistant Operator : Michel Lebon
- Camera Operator : Jean-Paul Schwartz
- Assistant editors : Isabelle García De Herreros, Michèle Neny, Catherine Bernard
- Continuity supervisor : Suzanne Durrenberger
- Production Designer : Constantin Mejinsky
- Sound Mixer : Jean Nény
- Location Manager : Alain Belmondo
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- Type : Feature film
- Genres : Fiction
- Sub-genre : Drama
- Themes : Solitude/loneliness, Love
- Production language : French
- Coproducer countries : France, Italy
- Original French-language productions : Unspecified
- Nationality : Majority French (France, Italy)
- Production year : 1971
- French release : 06/09/1972
- Runtime : 1 h 45 min
- Current status : Released
- Visa number : 39168
- Visa issue date : 29/05/1972
- Approval : Unknown
- Production formats : 35mm
- Color type : Color
- Audio format : Mono
- Rating restrictions : None
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Jean-Louis Curtis has found a good subject and Jean-Loup Dabadie has made a fine adaptation of it. But it is a 'false' kind of good subject. Philiippe de Broca - the director, let us not forget, of subtle and bittersweet films such as Five Day Lover and King of Hearts - chose this story because it suits his tone and taste. But, today, even if the story is possible and real, it is too difficult to make us believe in this encounter. And no matter the admiration we feel for Jeanne Moreau, this great actress kills any emotion. Her reactions are planned - and therefore predictable - down to a fraction of an inch. She is fascinating, but removes all the film's emotion. It's impossible to believe in her suicide attempt: wonderfully performed, it's true, but "performed". Hence the film loses its soul and credibility. A shame.
Guy Allombert, "La Saison Cinématographique 1972".
