Dites-lui que je l'aime is a 1977 French film directed by Claude Miller and starring Gérard Depardieu and Miou-Miou. Claude Miller (born February 20 1942 in Paris is a French film director producer and screenwriter Gérard Xavier Marcel Depardieu CQ (born 27 December 1948) is one of France's most prominent actors Miou-Miou (born Sylvette Héry, 22 February 1950 in Paris, France) is a French actress. It is based on the novel This Sweet Sickness by Patricia Highsmith. This Sweet Sickness is a 1961 novel by Patricia Highsmith about a young man who is obsessed with his ex-lover Patricia Highsmith ( January 19, 1921 - February 4, 1995) was an American Novelist known for her Psychological thrillers The film received six César nominations, for best director, actor, actress, cinematography, production design and sound.
David Martinaud is an accountant who leaves town for the weekends on the pretence that he is going to the old age home to care for his aging parents, who are in fact dead. He is really fixing up a chalet, where he intends to move in with Lise, who he has loved since childhood. However, Lise is just married to another and has a child, but this does not stop the warped and depressed David from pursuing his dream, which is motivated by a deep-seeted feeling of sexual inadequacy.