That Most Important Thing: Love
Servais Mont, a freelance photographer who works taking compromising photos, gets fascinated by Nadine Chevalier, a tormented low-budget movie actress married to an eccentric film photo collector.
Servais Mont, a freelance photographer who works taking compromising photos, gets fascinated by Nadine Chevalier, a tormented low-budget movie actress married to an eccentric film photo collector.
Romy Schneider
Nadine Chevalier
Fabio Testi
Servais Mont
Jacques Dutronc
Jacques Chevalier
Claude Dauphin
Mazelli
Roger Blin
Servais' Father
Nicoletta Machiavelli
Luce Lapade
Klaus Kinski
Karl-Heinz Zimmer
Gabrielle Doulcet
Madame Mazelli
Michel Robin
Raymond Lapade
Servais Mont, a freelance photographer who works taking compromising photos, gets fascinated by Nadine Chevalier, a tormented low-budget movie actress married to an eccentric film photo collector.
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