each camera setup, the actors performed twice (in English and in French), so that neither the French-language nor English-language prints are dubbed or subtitled. Many autobiographical elements come into play, especially in the arc of the Simon Duroc character. Like Duroc, Lelouch's first feature film was widely panned, and his successful follow-up A Man and a Woman featured a sequence on the Deauville beach. Cast Marthe Keller as Sarah / Rachel, her mother / her grandmother André Dussollier as Simon Duroc Charles Denner as David Goldman, Sarah's father / his father Carla Gravina as Carla, Sarah's Italian friend Charles Gérard as Charlie-Focus, Simon's friend Gilbert Bécaud as himself Sam Letrone as Sam, the restaurant owner Judith Magre as David Goldman's mother André Falcon as the lawyer Nathalie Courval as the lawyer's wife Annie Kerani as Simon's girlfriend Daniel Boulanger as the general Jacques Villeret as le spectator François Chalais as himself Gérard Sire as Monsieur Gérard, Gabriele Tinti as Sarah's spouse Élie Chouraqui as Paul, the unionist Music The movie uses many songs by French singer Gilbert Bécaud, who also plays a fictional version of himself in the movie. For the American release, captions indicated the names of his songs and when he was singing them, as well as other lesser-known French pop songs and performers. This was instrumental in demonstrating that Bécaud, who was not a familiar figure to English-speaking audiences, was a crucial element to the story, in that both protagonists are obsessed with him and his music, and that his presence was constantly hovering over their lives. References External links French romantic drama films 1974 films Italian romantic drama films Films directed by Claude Lelouch Films set in France Films set in the United States 1970s French-language films 1970s Italian films 1970s French films