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In Praise of Love
In Praise of Love

In Praise of Love

Genres

Drama

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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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Budget

$--

Revenue

$--

Status

Released

Original Language

French

Runtime

99 mins

Rating

6.6/10

Release Date

16 May 2001

Country

France

Cast

Bruno Putzulu

Bruno Putzulu

Edgar

Cécile Camp

Cécile Camp

Elle

Jean Davy

Jean Davy

Grandfather

Françoise Verny

Françoise Verny

Grandmother

Audrey Klebaner

Audrey Klebaner

Eglantine

Jérémie Lippmann

Jérémie Lippmann

Perceval

Claude Baignières

Claude Baignières

Mr. Rosenthal

Rémo Forlani

Rémo Forlani

Mayor Forlani

Mark Hunter

Mark Hunter

U.S. Journalist

Jean Lacouture

Jean Lacouture

Historian

Philippe Lyrette

Philippe Lyrette

Philippe, Edgar's Assistant

Bruno Mesrine

Bruno Mesrine

Magician

Djelloul Beghoura

Djelloul Beghoura

Algerian

Violeta Ferrer

Violeta Ferrer

Woman 1

Valérie Ortlieb

Valérie Ortlieb

Woman 2

Serge Spira

Serge Spira

Homeless Man

Stéphanie Jaubert

Stéphanie Jaubert

Young Girl

Jean-Henri Roger

Jean-Henri Roger

Mayor Forlani's Aide

Lemmy Constantine

Lemmy Constantine

U.S. Assistant

William Doherty

William Doherty

U.S. Official

Hocine Choutri

Hocine Choutri

L'homme qui court

Marie-Françoise Audollent

Marie-Françoise Audollent

Ludovic Berthillot

Ludovic Berthillot

Le clochard

Laurence Colussi

Laurence Colussi

Marceline Loridan-Ivens

Marceline Loridan-Ivens

Woman in movie theatre

François Rabinovic

François Rabinovic

The driver

Noël Simsolo

Noël Simsolo

Ysé Tran

Ysé Tran

Maid

Marie Desgranges

Marie Desgranges

Woman on a bench in Paris (uncredited)

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