La maladie de Sachs is a 1999 French film directed by Michel Deville

Michel Deville

Michel Deville is a French film director and screenwriter.Deville started his filmmaking career in the late 1950s, paralleling the emergence of the French New Wave directors...

 from a novel by Martin Winckler

Martin Winckler

Martin Winckler is a French M.D. and a short story, novel and essay writer. His main subjects are the French medical system, the healing relationship and contraception; he also wrote critical papers and books about TV serials .-Biography:His family returned to...

. It won the French Syndicate of Cinema Critics

French Syndicate of Cinema Critics

The French Syndicate of Cinema Critics has awarded 4 prizes - the Prix Méliès annually since 1946 to the best French film of the year. The Prix Léon Moussinac, awarded to the Best Foreign Film category was added in 1967...

 Prix Méliès, and received César nominations for Best Actor, Best Director and Best Writing.

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
  Albert Dupontel is a French actor and film director. He started his career as a stand-up comedian...
  
   - Docteur Bruno Sachs
• Valérie Dréville - Pauline Kasser
• Dominique Reymond - Mme Leblanc, la secrétaire du docteur
• Cécile Arnaud - La voisine de Mme Bailly
• Etienne Bierry - M. Renard
• Catherine Boisgontier - La femme qui a perdu son frère
• Nathalie Boutefeu
  Nathalie Boutefeu
  Nathalie Boutefeu is a French actress, film director and screenwriter. She has appeared in 40 films since 1990. She starred in the film The Butterfly's Dream, which was screened in the Un Certain Regard section at the 1994 Cannes Film Festival....
  
   - Viviane, la serveuse
• Jean-Claude Bourbault - L'homme à l'infarctus
• Delphine Brimbeuf - La jeune fille enceinte
• Christine Brücher - La mère d'Annie
• Michelle Brûlé - La femme à l'hygiène irréprochable
• Béatrice Bruno - Angèle Pujade
• Gilles Charmot - Georges
• Denis Chérer - Le serveur muet à la brasserie
• Pierre Diot - L'homme au gel anesthésique