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]
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Directed by | Michel Leclerc |
Written by | Michel Leclerc Baya Kasmi |
Produced by | Antoine Rein Fabrice Goldstein Caroline Adrian |
Starring | Jacques Gamblin Sara Forestier |
Cinematography | Vincent Mathias |
Edited by | Nathalie Hubert |
Music by | Jérôme Bensoussan David Euverte |
Production companies | Delante Films Karé Productions TF1 Droits Audiovisuels |
Distributed by | UGC Distribution |
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Running time | 100 minutes |
Country | France |
Language | French |
Budget | $2.5 million |
Box office | $6.1 million[1] |
The film was awarded two César Awards in 2011, including Best Actress for Sara Forestier and Best Original Screenplay.[3]
The film is semi-biographical, documenting the life of a young woman who uses sex as a weapon to influence right-wing individuals and conservative Muslims. Bahia Benmahmoud (Sara Forestier), a scatter-brained, free-spirited, young left-wing activist, sleeps with her political opposites in order to manipulate them to her cause, until she finds her match in Arthur Martin (Jacques Gamblin).
The former French Prime Minister Lionel Jospin makes a cameo appearance.
In the scene one in which Sara Forestier walks naked (with only her boots on) through the streets and subway, most of the people she encounters were unaware that a movie was being shot.[4]
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]
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