The Names of Love

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. It was awarded two César Awards in 2011, including Best Actress for Sara Forestier and Best Original Screenplay.

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Plot

The film portrays the life of a Parisien scatter-brained and free-spirited, young left-wing activist who sleeps with her political opposites in order to convert them to her politics, until she meets her match. It includes references to the Holocaust, the Algerian War and child sexual abuse.

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.

Production

In the scene one in which Forestier wearing only boots walks through the Paris streets and Metro, 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.