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.
Production Companies
Additional Info
| Budget | $0.00 |
|---|---|
| Revenue | $0.00 |
| Original Language | fr |
| Popularity | 2.484 |
Directed By
Jean-Luc Godard
Crew
Jean-Luc Godard
Jean-Luc Godard
Gilbert Guichardière
Georges Van Parys
Aurélien Poitrimoult
David Darling
Christian Monheim
Richard Deusy
Gabriel Hafner
Olivier Burgaud
Christophe Rabinovici
Arvo Pärt
Emmanuelle Collinot
Ketil Bjørnstad
Fleur Albert
Olivier Regent
Maurice Jaubert
François Musy
Joseph Strub
Marie-France Thibault
Léo Mac Dougall
Jean-Alexandre Villemer
Ruth Waldburger
Christophe Pollock
Stéphane Foenkinos
Marina Thibaut
Alain Sarde
Raphaële Urtin
Julien Hirsch
TOP CAST
Bruno Putzulu
Edgar
Cécile Camp
Elle
Jean Davy
Grandfather
Françoise Verny
Grandmother
Audrey Klebaner
Eglantine
Jérémie Lippmann
Perceval
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