In Praise of Love

In Praise of Love (2001)

Éloge de l'amour

Someone we hear talking - but whom we do not see - speaks of a project which describes the four key moments of love: meeting, physical passion, arguments/separation and making up. This project is to be told through three couples: young, adult and old. We do not know if the project is for a play, a film, a novel or an opera. The author of the project is always accompanied by a kind of servant. Meanwhile, two years earlier, an American civil servant meets with an elderly French couple who had fought in the Resistance during World War II, brokering a deal with a Hollywood director to buy the rights to tell their story. The members of the old couple's family discuss heatedly questions of nation, memory and history.

Date of release
2001-05-16
TMDB
6.5 / 10 (49)
Runtime
1h 39m
Genres
Drama
Director
Jean-Luc Godard

Casting

  • Bruno Putzulu — Edgar
  • Cécile Camp — Elle
  • Jean Davy — Grandfather
  • Françoise Verny — Grandmother
  • Audrey Klebaner — Eglantine
  • Jérémie Lippmann — Perceval
  • Claude Baignières — Mr. Rosenthal
  • Rémo Forlani — Mayor Forlani
  • Mark Hunter — U.S. Journalist
  • Jean Lacouture — Historian
  • Philippe Lyrette — Philippe, Edgar's Assistant
  • Bruno Mesrine — Magician

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