Love at the Top

Love at the Top

105 mins | Comedy | March 13, 1974

Nicolas Mallet, an inconspicuous and shy bank employee, one day successfully invites Marie-Paul, a young woman he hadn’t known before, in the streets of Paris to a café and sleeps with her the next day. When he tells his surprised friend Claude about the incident, the disillusioned and handicapped writer starts to guide him, leading Nicolas on a dazzling social ascent.

Love at the Top

105 mins | Comedy | March 13, 1974

Love at the Top
Nicolas Mallet, an inconspicuous and shy bank employee, one day successfully invites Marie-Paul, a young woman he hadn’t known before, in the streets of Paris to a café and sleeps with her the next day. When he tells his surprised friend Claude about the incident, the disillusioned and handicapped writer starts to guide him, leading Nicolas on a dazzling social ascent.
IMDb rating 6.8
Producers Viaduc Productions, T.R.A.C.
Original title Le Mouton enragé
Directors Michel Deville
Writers Roger Blondel, Christopher Frank

Cast

Jean-Louis Trintignant

as Nicolas Mallet

Jean-Pierre Cassel

as Claude Fabre

Romy Schneider

as Roberte Groult

Jane Birkin

as Marie-Paule

Jean-François Balmer

as Vischenko

Florinda Bolkan

as Flora

Mary Marquet

as Mrs. Hermens

Gisèle Casadesus

as Mrs. Lourceuil

Georges Wilson

as Lourceuil

Henri Garcin

as Berthoud

Michel Vitold

as Georges / Roberte's husband

Georges Beller

as Friend of Marie-Paule

Estella Blain

as Shirley Douglas

Léonie Lousseau

as Denise

Carlo Nell

as Coffee boy

Betty Berr

as Sylvie

Christine Boisson

as Naked girl at Flora's (uncredited)