Love Is a Funny Thing

1969 French film

1969 (1969)

Running time

110 minutesCountryFranceLanguageFrenchBox office1,391,524 admissions (France)^[1]

Love Is a Funny Thing (French: Un homme qui me plaît, a.k.a. A Man I Like) is a 1969 French romantic drama film directed by Claude Lelouch.

Plot

An accidental meeting occurs in the United States between an actress and a composer, both French. Leaving her husband and child in Paris, cinema actress Françoise is driven to the United States, waiting for her big break. Composer Henri, who revels in being a compulsive liar and is married to an Italian woman, is only in New York to record film music. They are both waiting to go to Los Angeles. There, they become lovers. The next day, Henri decides to delay his return for 24 hours to take Françoise to Las Vegas. As they part to return to their spouses, Henri tells Françoise that before they decide to live together they should meet again in Nice (because it is halfway between Paris and Rome). Françoise breaks up with her husband and goes to Nice to meet Henri at the appointed time. Henri does not come to Nice; Françoise is heartbroken.

Cast

Jean-Paul Belmondo as Henri
Annie Girardot as Françoise
Kaz Garas as Paul
Peter Bergman as Director
Farrah Fawcett as Patricia
Foster Hood as Indian
Bill Quinn as Passenger
Timothy Blake as The Dominos
Jerry Cipperly as Waiter in Cafe
Marie Pia Conte as Henri's Wife
Arturo Dominici as Customs Officer
Sweet Emma Barrett as Herself
Marcel Bozzuffi as Françoise's Husband

Production

Parts of the film were shot at Monument Valley and the Goulding Trading Post in Utah.^[2]

References

^ "Un Homme Qui Me Plait". Box Office Story.
^ D'Arc, James V. (2010). When Hollywood Came to Town: A History of Moviemaking in Utah (1st ed.). Layton, Utah: Gibbs Smith. ISBN 978-1423605874.