''Sachs' Disease'' (original title: ''La Maladie de Sachs'') is a 1999 French

drama film In film and television, drama is a category or genre of narrative fiction (or semi-fiction) intended to be more serious than humorous in tone. The drama of this kind is usually qualified with additional terms that specify its particular ...

directed by

Michel Deville Michel Deville (13 April 1931 – 16 February 2023) was a French film director and screenwriter. Deville started his filmmaking career in the late 1950s, paralleling the emergence of the French New Wave directors. He never achieved the level o ...

from a novel by Martin Winckler. It won the

French Syndicate of Cinema Critics The French Syndicate of Cinema Critics () has, each year since 1946, awarded a prize (":fr:Prix de la critique, Prix de la critique", English: "Critics Prize"), the Prix Méliès, to the best French film of the preceding year. More awards have bee ...

Prix Méliès, and received César nominations for Best Actor, Best Director and Best Original Screenplay or Adaptation.

Plot

Dr. Bruno Sachs, the only medical practitioner in a small French town, seems on the surface to be compassionate and dedicated. However, in private he is not happy in his work and does not like most of his patients, which include a heart patient who refuses life-saving surgery, and a man whose wife wants sex three times a day, the strain of which is causing his body to wear out. To supplement his income, Dr. Sachs performs abortions in a nearby town. Here he meets Pauline Kasser, a young woman, and they are attracted to each other. While she is not interested in a traditional courtship, she would like to consummate their relationship. A few days later she bumps into him in a book shop, and their relationship seems to start to blossom.

Cast

Albert Dupontel Albert Dupontel (; born 11 January 1964) is a French actor, film director and screenwriter. Following his father's path, he studied medicine but eventually switched to theater, disillusioned by hospital life. He started his career as a stand-up ...

- Doctor Bruno Sachs * Valérie Dréville - Pauline Kasser *

Dominique Reymond Dominique Reymond (born 12 February 1957) is a French actress. She has appeared in more than seventy films since 1984. Career She has been to the Geneva Conservatory. She began her career in theater in 1978, playing the title role in ''Phèdre' ...

- Madame Leblanc *

Étienne Bierry Étienne Bierry (13 October 1918 - 4 July 2015 ) was a French stage and film actor as well as a theatre director. With his spouse Renée Delmas, Étienne Bierry was managing director of the Théâtre de Poche Montparnasse from 1958 to 2011. He ...

- M. Renard * Nathalie Boutefeu - Viviane *

Béatrice Bruno Béatrice is a French feminine given name. Notable people with the name include: * Béatrice Bonifassi (born ), French-born vocalist * Béatrice Dalle (born 1964), French actress * Béatrice de Camondo (1894–1944), French socialite and a Holo ...

- Angèle Pujade * Gilles Charmot - Georges * Christine Brücher - Annie's mother *

Cécile Arnaud Cécile or Cecile is a female given name or surname. People Given name * Ce'cile (Cecile Charlton, born 1976), Jamaican musician * Severin Cecile Abega (1955–2008), Cameroonian author * Cécile Aubry (1928–2010), retired French film actress a ...

- Madame Bailly's neighbor *

Serge Riaboukine Serge Riaboukine (born 29 December 1957) is a French actor. Theatre Filmography References External links * {{DEFAULTSORT:Riaboukine, Serge 1957 births Living people French male film actors French male television actors French pe ...

- The drunk *

Albert Delpy Albert Delpy (born 13 September 1940) is a French actor and writer, born in Vietnam. He has appeared in more than one hundred films since 1970. Personal life He was married to French actress Marie Pillet until her death in 2009. They are the pare ...

- The pharmacy client *

Nicolas Marié Nicolas Marié is a French actor and writer. Theater Filmography Dubbing References External links * {{DEFAULTSORT:Marie, Nicolas French male film actors Living people 20th-century French male actors 21st-century Frenc ...

- The fireman's captain

References

External links

* 1999 films Films directed by Michel Deville Medical-themed films 1999 drama films French drama films Films based on French novels 1990s French films 1990s French-language films {{1990s-France-film-stub