Love Songs ( Les Chansons d'amour )

Love Songs (DVD) (*)

$48.99

Original Title: Les Chansons d'amour
Screened, competed or awarded at:
Cannes Film Festival
Ceasar Awards
Other Film Festival Awards

Language Selections:
English ( Subtitles )
French ( Dolby Digital 5.1 )

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

Running Time:
92 min

Aspect Ratio:
Widescreen

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

Movie filmed in 2007 and produced in:
France ( France, Benelux )

Directed By:
Christophe Honoré

Written By:
Christophe Honoré

Actors:
Louis Garrel ..... Ismaël Bénoliel
Ludivine Sagnier ..... Julie Pommeraye
Chiara Mastroianni ..... Jeanne
Clotilde Hesme ..... Alice
Grégoire Leprince-Ringuet ..... Erwann
Brigitte Roüan ..... La mère de Julie
Alice Butaud ..... Jasmine, la soeur de Julie
Jean-Marie Winling ..... Le père de Julie
Yannick Renier ..... Gwendal
Annabelle Hettmann ..... La serveuse du bar
Esteban Carvajal-Alegria ..... L'ami d'Erwann (as Esteban Carvajal Alegria)
Sylvain Tempier ..... Un policier
Guillaume Clérice ..... Un policier

Synopsis:

The Paris of Christophe Honoré's "Love Songs" ("Les Chansons d'Amour") belongs unmistakably to the present. Its residents talk on cellphones and drop the name of Nicolas Sarkozy (still an aspirant to the Élysée Palace rather than an occupant when the movie was being shot). But they also dwell, just as noticeably, in the Paris of classic French movies - in a vague, bracing atmosphere of good old Nouvelle Vague. The opening titles present the surnames of the actors in unadorned block capitals, à la mid-'60s Jean-Luc Godard, while the camera poetically prowls the streets of the city. And, among other sly quotations, an early shot of a couple reading in bed evokes a memorable, much-reproduced image from François Truffaut's "Bed and Board." Except that, in this case, the couple is a threesome. The songs, written by Alex Beaupain, belong to a strain of contemplative, literate French pop that is, for music fans not from France, something of an acquired taste. The melodies are charming, though. And so, for the most part, is "Love Songs," even if it doesn't entirely work.

All love songs tell the same story :

This product was added to our catalog on Thursday 16 October, 2008.

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