Lovers Like Us
| Lovers Like Us | |
|---|---|
 Film poster | |
| Directed by | Jean-Paul Rappeneau |
| Written by | Jean-Loup Dabadie Élisabeth Rappeneau Jean-Paul Rappeneau |
| Produced by | Raymond Danon Jean-Luc Ormières |
| Starring | Yves Montand Catherine Deneuve |
| Cinematography | Pierre Lhomme Antoine Roch |
| Music by | Michel Legrand |
Production companies | Lira Films Produzioni Artistiche Internazionali |
| Distributed by | Gaumount |
Release date |
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Running time | 102 minutes |
| Countries | France Italy |
| Language | French |
| Box office | $17.8 million[1] |
Lovers Like Us (French: Le Sauvage; "The Savage"; also known in English as Call Me Savage) is a 1975 French adventure comedy-drama romance film starring Yves Montand and Catherine Deneuve. The film was a commercial success with a total of 2,373,738 admissions in France and was the 12th highest-grossing film of the year.[2]
Plot
Scant days before her wedding to Vittorio, Nelly (Deneuve) has a change of heart and runs away. As Vittorio pursues her through Caracas, she turns for help first to Alex (Roberts), a previous employer, and then to Martin (Montand), a middle-aged French man she meets by chance. Martin drives her to the airport, where she gets a plane ticket to Paris. Returning by boat to his peaceful lonely life on an island off the coast, Martin is surprised and dismayed to find that Nelly has made her way there ahead of him. When he tries to return her to the mainland she sabotages the boat, causing it to sink. Marooned upon the island, Martin is forced to adapt to his new neighbor, who is determined to stay.
Cast
- Yves Montand: Martin
- Catherine Deneuve: Nelly
- Luigi Vannucchi: Vittorio
- Tony Roberts: Alex Fox
- Bobo Lewis: Miss Mark
- Dana Wynter: Jessie Coutances
- Gabriel Cattand : Mr. Delouis
- Vernon Dobtcheff : Mr. Coleman
- Jean Guidoni : Musician
Reception
The film recorded admissions of 2,373,738 in France.[3]
References
- ^ "Le Sauvage (1975) - JPBox-Office".
- ^ "Le Sauvage (1975) - JPBox-Office".
- ^ Film box office information at Box Office Story
External links
- Call Me Savage (Le Sauvage) at IMDb
- Lovers Like Us at Rotten Tomatoes
- Le Sauvage at TCMDB
- Le Sauvage trailer at Caracas
- La Sauvage at Catherine Deneuve tribute site
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- 1975 films
- 1970s adventure comedy films
- 1975 romantic comedy films
- Films scored by Michel Legrand
- Films directed by Jean-Paul Rappeneau
- Films set in the Caribbean
- Films set in Venezuela
- Films set on uninhabited islands
- Films shot in the Bahamas
- Films shot in Venezuela
- French adventure comedy films
- 1970s French-language films
- French romantic comedy films
- Films with screenplays by Jean-Loup Dabadie
- Films with screenplays by Jean-Paul Rappeneau
- 1970s French films
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