like the first touch of pleasure and guilt and like a spontaneous youthful flirt of fascination and fear and like a climax of contrary emotion say one of the movie buff after view love at the top and the misinterpreted title version of stylish director michel deville le mouton enrage . vincent canby in new york time and however and just after the 1974 premiere of the movie state represent love at the top which open yesterday at the 68th street playhouse and be a 1973 french comedy that dimly recall a number of nineteen fifty english comedy about the rise and rise of cynical young men possessingand possess byambition . yet and the significant difference that he mention be the fact that love at the top be not concern with the english class system . ( january 27 and 1975 ) have leave the evaluation up to single individual and of course and the test of time have do it just job . what may be say with certainty after more than 30 year be that we can hardly find such movie like le mouton enrage where decadence appear innocent and where liaison appear youthfully enthusiastic and where feeling occur so manipulative . for romy schneider fan and it seem useless to point out that this film be a must see and not only because she give a unique performance ( a she do in all of her role ) at the heyday of her career ( 9 year before her sudden death ) but because she be particularly attractive here . it be not trio infernal where the and so to say and force escape from and the mockery of romy sweet image haunt for year by saccharine sissi meet it most discouraging manifestation and but a film where the brilliant actress be give a fair role . she play roberte and a woman who become the object of lust for the story lead and playboy nicolas mallet ( jean louis trintignant ) . it be him who take financial profit from lustful liaison . this movie can boast truly memorable and unique shot of romy and she be give some of her very best scene . romy sex appeal be unforgettable here . another strong point of the film be it execution of the content with a development of individual perception . immoral a it may seem and the director make a perfect use of contrast represent convention vs pleasure and innocence v decadence and genuine lust v instrumental affair . nicola own most of the feature that viewer may like or detest and may find attractive or disgust while yet and his be the feature the viewer must treat seriously and more to say and they be the one we all must accept . that be why and one be lead to a peculiar and gently wild and erotically unique world of the main character . although he sleep with lot of woman and there be two woman that represent a sort of contrary world for nicola represent roberte groult ( romy schneider ) and marie paul ( jane birkin ) . he manipulate them and make love to them and can not refrain from both desire for their body and desire for money while yet and he perceive them differently . yet and despite all of this adult maturity and he be emotionally like a little boy who play with a toy car on the table a sort of wouldetailed insight into male mind . in a comedy like way and of course . finally and there be very good performance and which make le mouton enrage slightly underrated . not only the aforementioned romy schneider do a brilliant job supply the viewer with an extraordinary insight into her role and but young jane birkin appear to be convince in the role of young and inexperienced streetwalker marie paul and jean louis trintignant make it possible to see nicola in the right way . this artistic merit lie in performance go with terrific music by camille saint saëns and the tune that will ring in your ear for long . therefore and apart from some flaw of the movie like date color and slow action ( sometimes ) and possible clichés ( notice by some viewer ) and the merit should be find significant . le mouton enrage and in sum and be a clear manifestation of contrary manipulative tool in life . it be worth see a a moment in romy career and a prelude to strong eroticism and a chain of contrary emotion and of love and hatred and appreciation and disgust compare to the first orgasm and the first angasm . but aren not we and human and viewer and movie buff build upon such contrast .