You Told Me, You Love Me
Du hast gesagt, dass Du mich liebst
Germany
2006
117 Min
Color
2.35:1
German
Synopsis
Johanna Perl, a seven-time German swimming champion, lives her retired life isolated and lonely. Constant thoughts about death and the meaning of her existence torture her. Except for her memories of previous victories and her daughter, she has nothing left in life. But her days of senseless vegetation come to an end when she stumbles upon a lonely hearts ad in the newspaper. Drawn to it as though it were a sign from God, she arranges to meet the man. And it’s love at first sight.
Johannes is a writer and not until he meets Johanna does his luck strike. Finally he is able to finish his novel – You Told Me You Love Me – and it becomes a bestseller. Johanna too discovers new talents in photography and is finally able to make peace with her dead mother. But Johannes’ success soon casts a dark cloud over their relationship. He starts to distance himself from Johanna and gets tangled up in an affair, not yet realizing that Johanna is indeed the love of his life.
But everything that happens seems to have a purpose. And after a turbulent odyssey, the two find their way back to each other, thus proving the fate and destiny of their love for one another… —german-films.de
Director
Rudolf Thome
Born in Wallau/Lahn (now Biedenkopf) on 14.11.1939; took final school examinations at a Christian boarding school in Gaienhofen near Lake Constance in 1960. Took up studies in German language and literature, philosophy and history in Munich and in Bonn in 1960. Following a trip to Paris, he began writing his first film reviews for the newspaper Bonner Generalanzeiger in 1962. Moved to Munich, where he began writing articles for the periodicals Filmkritik and Film as well as for the Süddeutscher Zeitung. In 1964 he collaborated with Max Zihlmann and Klaus Lemke on his first short film and became managing director of the Munich Film Critics’ Club in 1965. Worked as a loans consultant for the building society Neue Heimstatt and broke off his dissertation on Albert Paris Gütersloh’s novel Sonne und Mond to make his first full-length feature film; moved to Berlin in 1973 where he wrote film reviews for the newspaper Der Tagesspiegel and the magazine, Hobo. Also worked for the Freunde der… read more
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