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The Names of Love

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The Names of Love
Film poster
Directed byMichel Leclerc
Written byMichel Leclerc
Baya Kasmi
Produced byAntoine Rein
Fabrice Goldstein
Caroline Adrian
StarringJacques Gamblin
Sara Forestier
CinematographyVincent Mathias
Edited byNathalie Hubert
Music byJérôme Bensoussan
David Euverte
Production
companies
Delante Films
Karé Productions
TF1 Droits Audiovisuels
Distributed byUGC Distribution
Release date
  • 10 July 2010 (2010-07-10)
Running time
100 minutes
CountryFrance
LanguageFrench
Budget$2.5 million
Box office$6.1 million[1]

The Names of Love (French: Le Nom des gens) is a 2010 French romantic comedy film directed by Michel Leclerc, written by Leclerc and Baya Kasmi, and produced by Antoine Rein, Fabrice Goldstein and Caroline Adrian.

The film recorded 764,821 admissions in Europe.[2] It was awarded two César Awards in 2011, including Best Actress for Sara Forestier and Best Original Screenplay.[3]

Plot

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The film portrays the life of a Parisien scatter-brained and free-spirited, young left-wing activist who sleeps with her political opposites in order to convert them to her politics, until she meets her match. It includes references to the Holocaust, the Algerian War and child sexual abuse.

Cast

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The former French Prime Minister Lionel Jospin makes a cameo appearance.

Production

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In the scene one in which Forestier wearing only boots walks through the Paris streets and Metro, most of the people she encounters were unaware that a movie was being shot.[4]

Reception

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The Names of Love received generally positive reviews. Rotten Tomatoes gives the film an aggregate score of 72%, based on 53 reviews, with an average rating of 6.7/10.[5] The film also has a score of 62 out of 100 on Metacritic, based on 19 reviews.[6]

References

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  1. ^ "Le Nom des gens (The Names of Love) (2010) - JPBox-Office".
  2. ^ "Le nom des gens". LUMIERE – European Audiovisual Observatory. Retrieved 13 November 2013.
  3. ^ "Polanski and Tarantino feted at French film awards". BBC News. 26 February 2011. Retrieved 27 February 2011.
  4. ^ "Sara Forestier nue dans le metro". leparisien.fr. 24 November 2010. Retrieved 28 January 2022.
  5. ^ "Le nom des gens (The Names of Love) (2011)". Rotten Tomatoes.
  6. ^ "The Names of Love". Metacritic.
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