To Die of Love is a 1971 Franco-Italian film drama directed by André Cayatte. Based on the true story of Gabrielle Russier, it was the third most popular film of 1971 in France.
Annie Suzanne Girardot was a French actress. She often played strong-willed, independent, hard-working, and often lonely women, imbuing her characters with an earthiness and reality that endeared her
Girardot in 2005
Girardot with Renato Salvatori in Luchino Visconti's Rocco and His Brothers (1960)