The Man Who Loved Women (Widescreen)

Bertrand Morane (Charles Denner), is a man
who loves every woman he meets, literally.
You can basically call him a leech, and
sex addict, because he has never loved any

women he has slept with. However in some cases
the man tries to develop a relationship
with these woman and it's the women and not
him that are problem. One woman comes to mind. Delphine
,is a paranoid sex slut who likes to have sex
in dangerous places for the thrills of it.
She reminds of the type of woman I briefly
have met and or even the schizophrenic "kitty",
bondage like women who have rated my reviews (You know
who you are). Later on we learn that she
does it to spite her husband. Morane at first
thinks Delphine likes him, but being a grown man
and being smart enough to realize when he is being
played for the fool, he soon realizes she is just
using him. She is just a piece of trash that
he had the pleasure and displeasure to be with.
In a way this incident describes the problems for
Morane, sometimes he meets really nice women
who are afraid of commitment but like the sex
(does feeding Morane's appetite for more sex
without love), and other times he meets these
nasty, gutter trash, unfeeling, abusive and
self paranoid women wholl screw him in the end.
Quite a sad story, and it gets sadder and at times
funnier throughout. The flight attendant encounter
he has is a pretty memorable fling, one those
flings where Morane and his mate have fun, and
both come away happy with their short term encounter.

However, the party is over when Morane through his
doctor, Doctor Bicard (Jean Daste) tells him he
has Gonorhea. In a funny scene, the Doctor tells
him to tell his sexual partner that she has it, but
Morane cannot do that, because he has been with
a dozen women over the last few years and taking
names was something Morane didn't do. LOL
It's this sort of negligence and irresponsiblity
that show the side of Morane that every womanizer
is. A man in pursuit in his own selfish
interest that when the time comes out to help
another, the man (whether a womanizer or a capitalistic)

doesn't care. In this case, Morane's
Gonorrhea infection is both ironic and fitting.

Morane through this predicament then tells the Dr.
about the book that he is writing and the Dr.
encourages him to write since it would help him
perhaps deal with his women issues and perhaps find
the sexual partner with whom he infected gonorreah with.

Morane, then begins his manuscript describing
every woman he's slept him. It's a part tell all book
but part dedication as he tries his best to
describe every he's been with respect, and not
just an object. Morane finally fishes a draft and
sends it Parisian Publishers who reject his book for
it's sexist title called "The Skirt Chaser",
although there is one publisher,a woman no less,
Genevie (Brigitte Fossey), who likes the book, but
secretly also like Morane.

Looking into Morane's book we learn more about the
women he's been but also the man himself.
His adulterous mom was basically a cheap slut

who had lovers back and forth
who soon left her, and in turn the mom left Morane.
Morane then says how his mom was strict on him
and always kept him from talking to any girls which
explains Moranes behavior as adult.
Meanwhile Miss. Genevie, despite passing herself
as a feminist is cast by Morane's charming spell.
However when it seems that perhaps Genevie and Morane,
might become a good couple an unforseen accident
will take the life of one of them...

Despite the somewhat offensive premise, "The Man
Who Loved Women" or better known by it's original
title "Homme qui aimait les femmes, L'" is a very
entertaining French adult comedy/drama almost
reminiscent of newer comedies like "Amelie".

The film by Francois Truffaut is regarded as one
of his best from a very respectable director. He
has done quite a good job here including themes
that teaches the audiences many lessons.

He shows one man's obsession in pursuit of women,
shows that there consequences in his actions, and
shows us importantly that the man , Morane realizes
he has wasted most of his life with the pursuit of
these women and likewise the women too. That applies to todays society when women complained about the
men they dated instead of realizing it's their own
fault. Morane does have his moments though, he is quiet
witty and charming, and he does have a good taste
in some of the women he meets, in that they in
rare case just dont want to make a commitment.

Truffaut's approach is similar to Blake Edwards
approach in that both like to poke fun and explore
male and female relationships and why they are so
volatile, but I found Truffaut's approach more
sophisticated since Blake does tend to glamorize
these male and female sexual deviants without
focusing more on the aftermath of their actions.
Face facts in the world, a womanizer like Morane
would become the victim of murder through either
his formers lovers, or at the hands of his
lovers husbands or boyfriends. He wouldn't
live long, let alone have time to write a
tell all book it.

The movie is well acted and well directed, if you
call yourself a movie critic and never heard
of "The Man Who Loved Man" let alone write about
dont call yourself because you cannot overlook
this classic. On IMDB alone it has gathered
a respected 7 out of 10 rating. In fact
, you guessed Blake Edward himself tried
to remake the classic and failed despite
the all star of Burt Reynolds and Julie Andrews.

Ask for the DVD released by MGM, it was a
dissappointment, no commentary, no trailer,
no nothing basically the film itself. However the fact
that the movie is available in U.S. is good
news since many of these rare films from the 1970's
are practically unavaible in the video store.

So rent or buy "The Man Who Loved Women" and prepare
for a funny but intellectually stimulating and important
film.