The Names of Love

The Names of Love
	Film poster
Directed by	Michel Leclerc
Produced by	Antoine Rein; Fabrice Goldstein; Caroline Adrian
Written by	Michel Leclerc; Baya Kasmi
Starring	Jacques Gamblin; Sara Forestier
Music by	Jérôme Bensoussan; David Euverte
Cinematography	Vincent Mathias
Edited by	Nathalie Hubert
Production; company	Delante Films; Karé Productions; TF1 Droits Audiovisuels
Distributed by	UGC Distribution
Release date	10 July 2010;
Running time	100 minutes
Country	France
Language	French
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]

The film was awarded two César Awards in 2011, including Best Actress for Sara Forestier and Best Original Screenplay.[3]

Plot

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).

Cast

Jacques Gamblin as Arthur Martin
Sara Forestier as Bahia Benmahmoud
Zinedine Soualem as Mohamed Benmahmoud
Carole Franck as Cécile Delivet Benmahmoud
Jacques Boudet as Lucien Martin
Michèle Moretti as Annette Martin
Zakariya Gouram as Hassan Hassini
Antoine Michel as photographer

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

Reception

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.[4] The film also has a score of 62 out of 100 on Metacritic based on 19 reviews.[5]

References

http://www.jpbox-office.com/fichfilm.php?id=11713
"Le nom des gens". LUMIERE – European Audiovisual Observatory. Retrieved 13 November 2013.
"Polanski and Tarantino feted at French film awards". BBC News. 26 February 2011. Retrieved 27 February 2011.
"Le nom des gens (The Names of Love) (2011)". Rotten Tomatoes.
"The Names of Love". Metacritic.

External links

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[1] ttp://www.jpbox-office.com/fichfilm.php?id=11713

[2] "Le nom des gens". LUMIERE – European Audiovisual Observatory. Retrieved 13 November 2013.

[BBC_News-3] "Polanski and Tarantino feted at French film awards". BBC News. 26 February 2011. Retrieved 27 February 2011.

[4] "Le nom des gens (The Names of Love) (2011)". Rotten Tomatoes.

[5] "The Names of Love". Metacritic.