That Most Important Thing: Love [L'important c'est d'aimer]

N.p. Excelsior, 1975. Vintage oversize borderless color photograph from the 1975 film, showing actress Claudine Beccarie in a seductive pose. With the stamp of Excelsior Films on the verso, along with a few holograph ink annotations noting the film title and Beccarie's name.

Based on the 1972 novel "La Nuit americaine" by Christopher Frank. A photographer meets a failed actress who has resorted to appearing in porn films to make a living. Falling for her, he borrows money to mount a production of "Richard III," and give her a role, but she is torn between her love for him and her obligations to her husband.

12 x 9.5 inches. Near Fine.


[Book #153085]