Love Is a Funny Thing

Love Is a Funny Thing

They found love in America but couldn't take it home.

1969•1h 55m•6.3/10

DramaRomance

Ratings

🎬TMDb

6.3/10(50)

A composer and a French film star, both of whom are married to others, meet and fall in love while shooting a film in the United States.

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Production

Produzioni Associate Delphos, Les Productions Artistes Associés, Les Films Ariane, Les Films 13

Language

FR

Status

Released

Release Date

Cast

Jean-Paul Belmondo

Jean-Paul Belmondo

Henri

Annie Girardot

Annie Girardot

Françoise

Maria Pia Conte

Maria Pia Conte

La femme d'Henri

Marcel Bozzuffi

Marcel Bozzuffi

Le mari de Françoise

Farrah Fawcett-Majors

Farrah Fawcett-Majors

Patricia

Peter Bergman

Le metteur en scène

Kaz Garas

Kaz Garas

Paul

Bill Quinn

Bill Quinn

Le passager

Arturo Dominici

Arturo Dominici

Le douanier

Timothy Blake

Timothy Blake

Les Dominos

Jerry Cipperly

Les billets français

Foster Hood

L'indien

Richard Basehart

Richard Basehart

Acteur

Simone Renant

Simone Renant

L'amie de Françoise

Susan Albert

(uncredited)

Norm Nathan

(uncredited)

Stuart Nisbet

Stuart Nisbet

(uncredited)

Clayton Wilcox

(uncredited)

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