Nobody Else but You (film)
Nobody Else but You is a 2011 French comedy crime mystery film, written and directed by Gérald Hustache-Mathieu. It stars Jean-Paul Rouve as a bestselling crime novelist who is desperately looking for a new story and hones his focus on the apparent suicide of a small-town woman, a local celebrity, whose life mirrors that of Marilyn Monroe, played by Sophie Quinton.
It was released on 12 January 2011, in France, and on 11 May 2012, in United States. It grossed over $43,000 in the US, and received positive reviews from critics, some of whom compared it favorably to Fargo, Twin Peaks and Laura.
The film's titles are references to the song "I Wanna Be Loved by You" sung by Monroe in the film Some Like It Hot.
Plot
Traveling to the village of his aunt to hear the reading of her will, David Rousseau, an author of crime novels, investigates the death of a beautiful young woman named Candice, an apparent suicide in Mouthe. As he investigates Candice's death, the plot of the movie reveals more and more similarities to the life and death of Marilyn Monroe. Rousseau refuses to believe she committed suicide. Teaming up with a local policeman, he seeks to prove that Candice was murdered.Cast
- Jean-Paul Rouve as David Rousseau
- Sophie Quinton as Candice Lecoeur
- Guillaume Gouix as Bruno Leloup
- Arsinée Khanjian as Juliette Geminy
- Joséphine de Meaux as Cathy
- Olivier Rabourdin as Commandant Colbert
- Éric Ruf as Simon Denner
- Clara Ponsot as Betty
- Finnegan Oldfield as Richi
- Anne Le Ny as the voice of Victoria
- Antoine Michel as Fireman
- Nicolas Duvauchelle as the voice of Fred