Main Cast: Catherine Deneuve, Yves Montand, Luigi Vannucchi, Tony Roberts, Dana Wynter
Release Year: 1975
Country: IT/FR
Run Time: 110 minutes
Plot
In this romantic adventure comedy from French writer/director Jean-Paul Rappeneau, Catherine Deneuve stars as Nelly, a young French bride who gets cold feet and flees the altar with her irate Italian groom Vittorio (Luigi Vannucchi in hot pursuit. While she is on the run in Venezuela, Nelly carries with her a priceless stolen painting and meets Martin (Yves Montand), a financially and personally troubled middle-aged French perfume maker who is fleeing both his marriage and his failing business. Together the unlikely pair from a bond upon finding themselves in need of each other's assistance. Also starring Tony Roberts and Bobo Lewis, La Sauvage was released in the United States under the English-translated title, The Savage. ~ Matthew Tobey, All Movie Guide
Just after her engagement with Vittorio, Nelly (Deneuve) runs away from him. As he pursues her, she looks for help to Martin (Montand), a French middle-aged man she met by accident. He helps her to escape and drives her to the airport and gives her a plane ticket to Paris. Returning to his peaceful lonely life on his island, he is dismayed to find that she has stowed away on his boat. When he tries to return Nelly 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.
