Je Vous Aime (English: I Love You All) is a 1980 French

romance film Romance films involve romantic love stories recorded in visual media for broadcast in theatres or on television that focus on passion (emotion), passion, emotion, and the affectionate romantic involvement of the main characters. Typically their ...

directed by

Claude Berri Claude Berri (; 1 July 1934 – 12 January 2009) was a French film director, writer, producer, actor and distributor. Early life Born Claude Beri Langmann in Paris, Berri was the son of Jewish immigrant parents. His mother, Beila (née Bercu), ...

. Its cast comprises notable actors and actresses like

Jean Louis Trintignant Jean-Louis Xavier Trintignant (; 11 December 1930 – 17 June 2022) was a French actor. He made his theatrical debut in 1951, and went on to be regarded as one of the best French dramatic actors of the post-war era. He starred in many classic fi ...

Catherine Deneuve Catherine Fabienne Dorléac (born 22 October 1943), known professionally as Catherine Deneuve (, , ), is a French actress. She is considered one of the greatest European actresses on film. In 2020, ''The New York Times'' ranked her as one of th ...

Gérard Depardieu Gérard Xavier Marcel Depardieu (, , ; born 27 December 1948) is a French actor. An icon of French cinema, considered a world star in the same way as Alain Delon or Brigitte Bardot, he has completed over 250 films since 1967, most of which as ...

and

Serge Gainsbourg Serge Gainsbourg (; born Lucien Ginsburg; 2 April 1928 – 2 March 1991) was a French singer-songwriter, actor, composer, and director. Regarded as one of the most important figures in French pop, he was renowned for often provocative rel ...

. It was first released in 1980 and it was shown in the US in 1981.

Plot

Alice is a journalist in her late thirties, and the divorced mother of a teenage boy. While professionnally successful, she struggles to find a suitable life partner. As she and Claude are about to break up, she starts reminiscing about her past relationships: Simon, an older, irascible singer who involves her in his artistic endeavors and with whom she constantly fights; Patrick, a young saxophone player who naively conquers her heart with his doe-eyed glance while accompanying one of Simon's songs; Julien, a timid, middle-aged gentleman who falls for Alice while helping her push her stalled car to a roadside during a thunderstorm. The film follows a

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as it recounts Alice's romances with those men and how their relationships ultimately failed.

Cast

as Alice *

Jean-Louis Trintignant Jean-Louis Xavier Trintignant (; 11 December 1930 – 17 June 2022) was a French actor. He made his theatrical debut in 1951, and went on to be regarded as one of the best French dramatic actors of the post-World War II, war era. He starred in m ...

as Julien *

as Patrick *

as Simon *

Alain Souchon Alain Souchon (; born Alain Édouard Kienast ; 27 May 1944) is a French singer-songwriter and actor. He has released 15 albums and has played roles in seven films. Profile Alain Souchon was born in Casablanca, Morocco. His family on his moth ...

as Claude *

Dominique Besnehard Dominique Besnehard (; born 5 February 1954) is a French actor, film producer, casting director, writer and talent manager. He has appeared in more than 80 films and television shows since 1975. He starred in the 1983 film '' À nos amours'', wh ...

as Dominique *

Christian Marquand Christian Henri Marquand (15 March 1927 – 22 November 2000) was a French actor. Early life Marquand was born in Marseille, Bouches-du-Rhône, to a Spanish father and an Arab mother. He was the brother of actor Serge Marquand and filmmaker N ...

: Victor, Anne's ex-husband * Igor Schlumberger : Jérôme *

Thomas Langmann Thomas Langmann (born 24 May 1971) is a French film producer and actor, known for producing '' The Artist'' (2011), for which he received an Academy Award for Best Picture as producer in 2012. Career Langmann began his career as an actor in his ...

: Loïc, Claude's son * Isabelle Lacamp : Dorothée *

: Hubert * Marcel Romano : Francis * Vanessa Guiomard : Jeanne

Soundtrack

Serge Gainsbourg wrote the music score for the movie, notably the song ''Dieu fumeur de havanes'', which he duets with Deneuve in one scene. The song was released as a successful

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. Another tune from the soundtrack, a

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song titled ''La P'tite Agathe'' and performed by

, was also released as a single.

Awards

References

External links

* * French romance films 1980s French-language films 1980 films Films scored by Serge Gainsbourg 1980s French films 1980s romance films {{1980s-France-film-stub