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.
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Cast
36 people
Romy Schneider
Nadine Chevalier
Known for
Sissi
The Trial
Howard Vernon
(voice)
Fabio Testi
Servais Mont
Known for
What Have You Done to Solange?
The Garden of the Finzi-Continis
Jacques Dutronc
Jacques Chevalier
Known for
Van Gogh
Nightcap
Claude Dauphin
Mazelli
Known for
Barbarella
Le Plaisir
Roger Blin
Servais' Father
Known for
The King and the Mockingbird
Orpheus
Nicoletta Machiavelli
Luce Lapade
Known for
Navajo Joe
Tony Arzenta
Michel Duchaussoy
Karl-Heinz Zimmer (voice)
Klaus Kinski
Karl-Heinz Zimmer
Known for
Aguirre, the Wrath of God
Nosferatu the Vampyre
Gabrielle Doulcet
Madame Mazelli
Known for
The Things of Life
Police Python 357
Michel Robin
Raymond Lapade
Known for
Fraggle Rock
Amélie
Guy Mairesse
Laurent Messala
Known for
The Confession
A Reason to Live, a Reason to Die
Andrzej Żuławski Director · Christopher Frank Screenplay Georges Delerue Composer
United States release December 17, 1975 · Produced in France, Germany, Italy · Production T.I.T. Filmproduktion, Albina Productions S.a.r.l.
Production
Albina Productions
Production
T.I.T. Filmproduktion
Production
Albina Productions S.a.r.l.
Production
France · Germany · Italy
Produced in
Languages
Original title
L'Important c'est d'aimer
Original language
French
Spoken on screen
French
Release dates
France · February 12, 1975
Theatrical
United States · December 17, 1975
Limited theatrical · Los Angeles, California
United States
April 1, 1977 · Theatrical
July 14, 2017 · Theatrical · Re-release
Denmark
November 12, 1975 · Theatrical
France
June 10, 2003 · Physical · DVD
August 24, 2011 · Digital · VOD
August 8, 2012 · Theatrical · Re-release
February 15, 2022 · Physical · Blu-Ray
March 15, 2022 · Digital · Netflix
Germany
February 21, 1975 · Theatrical · West Germany
Italy
July 24, 1975 · Premiere · Taormina Film Festival
September 4, 1975 · Theatrical
Lithuania
November 3, 2016 · Premiere · Scanorama Film Festival Vilnius
Netherlands
June 10, 1976 · Theatrical
Portugal
March 1, 1977 · Theatrical
Spain
February 9, 1976 · Limited theatrical · Barcelona
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