
That Most Important Thing: Love
DramaRomanceunderground worldbased on novel or bookphotographerunderground filmtheatre companystill photographysexual blackmail
A morally murky, melancholic exploration of obsession and desire set within the underground film world, where a photographer's fascination with an actress becomes entangled with blackmail and existential uncertainty.
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.
Essence
Ensemble

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
Guy Mairesse
Laurent Messala

Katia Tchenko
Myriam, prostitute

Paul Bisciglia
Assistant Director
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