Alain Revent enjoys suffering and making others suffer. There is
no greater pleasure he knows than to destroy a cherished object.
When his wife Sylvie, on the brink of a nervous breakdown, throws
herself out of a window he can only smile. Leroy, the police
inspector in charge of the case, may have his doubts but the
investigation returns a verdict of suicide. Alain is a monster
but he is a beautiful monster. It is his beauty, and the mystery
that surrounds him, which draws to him his next victim, the gorgeous
Nathalie. Once more Alain delights in the suffering he can bring
to a fellow creature, one who is devoted to him and ready to marry
him. In no time Nathalie is reduced to a pitiful wretch, through
a combination of drugs and torture. Inspector Leroy now
understands what make Alain tick and must act if he is to save Nathalie
from herself and the cruel plans that her lover has in store for her...
Script: Dominique Fabre, Sergio Gobbi, André Tabet, Georges Tabet
Cinematographer: Daniel Diot
Music: Georges Garvarentz
Cast: Virna Lisi (Nathalie),
Helmut Berger (Alain Revent),
Charles Aznavour (Inspector Leroy),
Alain Noury (Dino),
Françoise Brion (Jacqueline),
Edith Scob (Sylvie),
Marc Cassot (Vincent),
Yves Brainville (Supt. Dedru),
Henri Crémieux (Prof. Richet),
André Chanu (Dr. Schwartz),
Dominique Marcas (Une voisine),
Howard Vernon (L'administrateur de biens),
Roger Coggio (Alain Revent),
Jacques Castelot,
Georges Berthomieu,
Guy Marly,
Michel Peyrelon,
Robert Le Béal,
Nicole Gobbi,
Jocelyne Jeanssen
Country: France / Italy
Language: French
Support: Color
Runtime: 125 min
Aka:A Strange Love Affair ;
Love Me Strangely
Continental Films, quality cinema under the Nazi Occupation
At the time of the Nazi Occupation of France during WWII, the German-run company Continental produced some of the finest films made in France in the 1940s.
American film comedy had its heyday in the 1920s and '30s, but it remains an important genre and has given American cinema some of its enduring classics.
It was American film noir and pulp fiction that kick-started the craze for thrillers in 1950s France and made it one of the most popular and enduring genres.