Lovers Like Us

Lovers Like Us
Lovers Like Us
	French theatrical release poster
French	Le Sauvage
Directed by	Jean-Paul Rappeneau
Written by	Jean-Paul Rappeneau; Élisabeth Rappeneau; Jean-Loup Dabadie;
Produced by	Raymond Danon; Jean-Luc Ormières;
Starring	Yves Montand; Catherine Deneuve; Luigi Vannucchi; Tony Roberts; Dana Wynter; Bobo Lewis; Gabriel Cattand; Vernon Dobtcheff; Jean Guidoni;
Cinematography	Pierre Lhomme; Antoine Roch;
Edited by	Marie-Josèphe Yoyotte
Music by	Michel Legrand
Production; companies	Lira Films; Produzioni Artistiche Internazionali;
Distributed by	Gaumount (France)
Release date	26 November 1975 (France);
Running time	102 minutes
Countries	France; Italy;
Language	French
Box office	$17.8 million

Lovers Like Us (French: Le Sauvage, lit. 'The Savage'; also known in English as Call Me Savage) is a 1975 adventure romantic comedy film co-written and directed by Jean-Paul Rappeneau, starring Yves Montand and Catherine Deneuve. The film was a commercial success with a total of 2,373,738 admissions in France and was the 12th highest-grossing film of the year.^[1]

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Plot

Scant days before her wedding to Vittorio, Nelly has a change of heart and runs away. As Vittorio pursues her through Caracas, she turns for help first to Alex, a previous employer, and then to Martin, a middle-aged French man she meets by chance. Martin drives her to the airport, where she gets a plane ticket to Paris. Returning by boat to his peaceful lonely life on an island off the coast, Martin is surprised and dismayed to find that Nelly has made her way there ahead of him. When he tries to return her to the mainland she sabotages the boat, causing it to sink. Marooned upon the island, Martin is forced to adapt to his new neighbor, who is determined to stay.