In Praise of Love

In Praise of Love

2001
1h 39m
6.5

6.5/10

45 votes • View on IMDb
Overview

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.

Status: Released

Language: FR

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Production Information

Production Companies
Avventura Films Périphéria ARTE France Cinéma Vega Film TSR DFI ECM Records StudioCanal DFF - Deutsches Filminstitut & Filmmuseum Studio Images 6
Production Countries
France Switzerland Germany
Spoken Languages
German French English

Quick Facts

Original Title Éloge de l'amour
Release Date May 16, 2001
Status Released
Language FR
IMDb ID tt0181912
Website Visit Site

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

Key Crew

Jean-Luc Godard
Director
Jean-Luc Godard
Writer
Alain Sarde
Producer
Ruth Waldburger
Producer