That Most Important Thing: Love

That Most Important Thing: Love

Directed by Andrzej Żuławski

Produced by Albina Productions, T.I.T. Filmproduktion

1975113 min7.0 / 10

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.

Questions people ask

  • Is That Most Important Thing: Love sad? Yes, very. More sad than 91% of films.

  • Does That Most Important Thing: Love end with hope? Barely. Less hopeful than 83% of films.

  • Is That Most Important Thing: Love scary? Yes. More frightening than 76% of films.

  • Is That Most Important Thing: Love violent? Not especially. Less violent than 64% of films.

  • Is That Most Important Thing: Love easy watching? About average. Almost exactly mid-range.

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65/ 100

Cinnamon Score

How much this film gives you that nothing else will, and whether it delivers.

Distinctly its own thing.

Rarity48

How unlike any other film this one feels

Surprise79

How much more it delivers than it promises

Love70

How much audiences actually like it

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