In Praise of Love (2001)
Overview
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.
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Additional Info
| Budget | $0.00 |
|---|---|
| Revenue | $0.00 |
| Original Language | fr |
| Popularity | 0.6322 |
Directed By
Jean-Luc Godard
Crew
Jean-Luc Godard
Jean-Luc Godard
Ketil Bjørnstad
David Darling
Maurice Jaubert
Arvo Pärt
Georges Van Parys
Richard Deusy
Olivier Regent
Léo Mac Dougall
Emmanuelle Collinot
Jean-Alexandre Villemer
François Musy
Christian Monheim
Gabriel Hafner
Olivier Burgaud
Christophe Rabinovici
Aurélien Poitrimoult
Gilbert Guichardière
Fleur Albert
Joseph Strub
Marie-France Thibault
Alain Sarde
Ruth Waldburger
Julien Hirsch
Christophe Pollock
Raphaële Urtin
Stéphane Foenkinos
Marina Thibaut
TOP CAST
Bruno Putzulu
Edgar
Cécile Camp
Elle
Jean Davy
Grandfather
Françoise Verny
Grandmother
Audrey Klebaner
Eglantine
Jérémie Lippmann
Perceval
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