The Names of Love

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 Names of Love
Film poster
Directed byMichel Leclerc
Produced byAntoine Rein
Fabrice Goldstein
Caroline Adrian
Written byMichel Leclerc
Baya Kasmi
StarringJacques Gamblin
Sara Forestier
Music byJérôme Bensoussan
David Euverte
CinematographyVincent Mathias
Edited byNathalie Hubert
Production
company
Delante Films
Karé Productions
TF1 Droits Audiovisuels
Distributed byUGC Distribution
Release date
  • 10 July 2010 (2010-07-10)
Running time
100 minutes
CountryFrance
LanguageFrench
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]

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

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
  1. http://www.jpbox-office.com/fichfilm.php?id=11713
  2. "Le nom des gens". LUMIERE – European Audiovisual Observatory. Retrieved 13 November 2013.
  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.
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