In Praise of Love ( Éloge de l'amour )

In Praise of Love (DVD) (*)

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Original Title: Éloge de l'amour
Screened, competed or awarded at:
Cannes Film Festival
Other Film Festival Awards

Language Selections:
English ( Subtitles )
French ( Dolby Digital 2.0 )

Product Origin/Format:
United Kingdom ( PAL/Region 2 )

Running Time:
94 min

Aspect Ratio:
Fullscreen

Special Features:
Biographies
Cast/Crew Interview(s)
Interactive Menu
Trailer(s)

Movie filmed in 2001 and produced in:
France ( France, Benelux )
Switzerland ( Germany, Central Europe )

Directed By:
Jean-Luc Godard

Written By:
Jean-Luc Godard

Actors:
Bruno Putzulu ..... Edgar
Cecile 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
Djéloul Beghoura ..... Algerian (as Djelloul Beghoura)
Violeta Ferrer ..... Woman 1

Synopsis:

Cinematic iconoclast Jean-Luc Godard returns to the front ranks of contemporary filmmaking while embracing the digital video revolution (no great surprise, given his eager and early embrace of video technology in the 1970s) with this drama. In the first part of the film, shot on 35 mm black-and-white film, a filmmaker named Edgar (Bruno Putzulu) is in the midst of a casting session with his producers, looking for the leading lady for his next film. More interested in discussing philosophy than in the nuts and bolts of the character, Edgar speaks with a number of actresses before he encounters Elle (Cecile Camp); he's fascinated by her, and is certain he's met her somewhere before, but can't tell where or when. Eventually, Edgar decides Elle is the right person for the role, but he then discovers she has died. In the second part of the film, produced using color digital video equipment, Edgar flashes back to the moment when he first met Elle -- he's meeting with an elderly couple who survived the Holocaust and have sold their life story to a Hollywood movie producer. While meeting the couple as a guest of an old friend and historian (Jean Lacouture) interested in their story, he's introduced to the couple's granddaughter, a law student who has offered to take a look at their contract -- Elle.

In part one there is talk of a project on the subject of love, with the example of three couples, one young, one mature and the other elderly. At this point the author comes into contact with a young woman he had already met three years earlier. Just as the project is about to become reality, all problems of an artistic or financial nature having been resolved, the author learns that the young woman has died. Part two concerns the events of three years earlier. While interviewing an historian, the future author meets for the first time the young woman, who is training as a lawyer. She has been asked by her own grandparents, formerly of the French resistance, to examine a contract offered to them by Americans who want to make a film about their activities during the Nazi occupation of France.

This product was added to our catalog on Friday 20 April, 2007.

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