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The Names of Love
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Wikipedia article
'The Names of Love' 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.
The film was awarded two Csar Awards in 2011, including Best Actress for Sara Forestier and Best Original Screenplay.
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 Ccile Delivet Benmahmoud
* Jacques Boudet as Lucien Martin
* Michle Moretti as Annette Martin
* Zakariya Gouram as Hassan Hassini
* Antoine Michel as photographer
The former French Prime Minister Lionel Jospin makes a cameo appearance.
Production
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.
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. The film also has a score of 62 out of 100 on Metacritic based on 19 reviews.
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