Fresh
Francois Truffaut's bittersweet 1977 comedy, about the pleasure and the pathos of sexual pursuit, is also an ode to the art of writing.
Richard Brody, New Yorker
The Man Who Loved Women
1977 · 1h 59m · Not Rated
Comedy, Drama, Romance
Directed by
François Truffaut
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The Man Who Loved Women
Overview
At Bertrand Morane's burial there are many of the women that the 40-year-old engineer loved. In flashback Bertrand's life and love affairs are told by himself while writing an autobiographical novel.
Director and cast
- François Truffaut Director
- Charles Denner as Bertrand Morane
- Leslie Caron as Véra
- Nelly Borgeaud as Delphine Grezel
- Valérie Bonnier as Fabienne
- Sabine Glaser as Bernadette
- Brigitte Fossey as Geneviève Bigey
- Geneviève Fontanel as Hélène
- Anna Perrier as Babysitter
- Marie-Jeanne Montfajon as Bertrands Mutter
- Jean Dasté Cast
Critics on Rotten Tomatoes
Top critics, in their words
82%
Tomatometer
Fresh
It is one of the few late Truffauts to muster any weight and complexity.
Dave Kehr, Chicago Reader
Rotten
Charmless.
Geoff Andrew, Time Out
Fresh
The movie is a supremely humane, sophisticated comedy that is as much fun to watch for the variations Mr. Truffaut works on classic man-woman routines as for the routines themselves.
Vincent Canby, New York Times
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