Malady of Love

Malady of Love

122 mins | Drama, Romance | Sept. 30, 1987

Two physicians, one old and one young, fall in love with the same woman, Juliette, a quixotic hairdresser. First, she is with Raoul, the older one; then passion for Clément, the younger doctor, takes over. Raoul fights back, playing on Clément's guilt and Juliette's lack of self-assurance; then, Clément makes his case to Juliette, abandons his fiancée, and takes her to the provinces where he sets up practice and asks her to have a baby. She panics and abruptly leaves Clément, taking up with Raoul again. When she contracts Hodgkin's disease and the treatment does no good, Raoul believes she has the malady of love. Is there a cure?

Malady of Love

122 mins | Drama, Romance | Sept. 30, 1987

Malady of Love
Two physicians, one old and one young, fall in love with the same woman, Juliette, a quixotic hairdresser. First, she is with Raoul, the older one; then passion for Clément, the younger doctor, takes over. Raoul fights back, playing on Clément's guilt and Juliette's lack of self-assurance; then, Clément makes his case to Juliette, abandons his fiancée, and takes her to the provinces where he sets up practice and asks her to have a baby. She panics and abruptly leaves Clément, taking up with Raoul again. When she contracts Hodgkin's disease and the treatment does no good, Raoul believes she has the malady of love. Is there a cure?
IMDb rating 5.7
Producers Oliane Productions, Sofica Investimage, FR3 Films Production
Original title Maladie d'amour
Directors Jacques Deray
Writers Andrzej Żuławski, Danièle Thompson

Cast

Nastassja Kinski

as Juliette

Jean-Hugues Anglade

as Clément Potrel

Michel Piccoli

as Raoul Bergeron

Jean-Claude Brialy

as Frédéric

Souad Amidou

as Farida

Jean-Luc Porraz

as Jean-Luc

Sophie d'Aulan

as Diane

Catherine Jacob

as Nurse

Paillasson

as Le chien

Nelly Borgeaud

as (scenes deleted)