About this release
Romy Schneider delivers a César Award-winning performance as a down-on-her-luck actress in L'important c'est d'aimer (That Most Important Thing: Love), Andrzej Zulawski’s “passionate portrait of the dignity – and the indignities – of an actor’s work” (Film Comment). Forced to earn a living by accepting demeaning roles negotiated by her erratic husband, Nadine Chevalier (Schneider) encounters tabloid photographer Servais (Fabio Testi) on the set of her latest film. Desperate to win her affections, Servais secretly uses money borrowed from a shady associate to bankroll her next project, a production of Richard III with Nadine starring opposite the maniacal German thespian Karl-Heinz Zimmer (Klaus Kinski). Interview with Andrzej Zulawski Original Trailer Booklet with a new essay by film critic Kat Ellinger
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Disc 1
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That Most Important Thing: Love (1975)
113 min
DramaRomance
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.
Credits
Director
Andrzej Żuławski
Writer
Christopher Frank
Andrzej Żuławski
Cast
Romy Schneideras Nadine Chevalier
Fabio Testias Servais Mont
Jacques Dutroncas Jacques Chevalier
Claude Dauphinas Mazelli
Roger Blinas Servais' Father
Nicoletta Machiavellias Luce Lapade
Klaus Kinskias Karl-Heinz Zimmer
Gabrielle Doulcetas Madame Mazelli
Michel Robinas Raymond Lapade
Guy Mairesseas Laurent Messala
Cinematographer
Ricardo Aronovich
Composer
Georges Delerue
Editor
Christiane Lack
Producer
Albina du Boisrouvray
Release Details
- Packaging
- Blu-ray Case
Images
Catalogue Info
- Added by
- Matthew Simpson
- Date added
- August 17, 2026