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Love, etc...

6.3

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Original title

Love, etc...

Year

1996

Running time

104 min.

Country

France

Director

Marion Vernoux

Screenwriter

Marion Vernoux, Dodine Herry. Novel: Julian Barnes

Cast

Music

Alexandre Desplat

Cinematography

Eric Gautier

Genre

Romance. Drama | Romantic Drama. Friendship

Movie Groups

Julian Barnes Adaptations

Synopsis

Marion Vernoux's romantic drama Love Etc. is based on a novel by Julian Barnes, but it echoes Truffaut's Jules and Jim (in spirit more than plot) in its examination of an impossible ménage à trois. Shy Yvan Attal and unlucky-in-love Charlotte Gainsbourg meet through a personal ad. Attal sent a picture of his handsome best friend, confident womanizer Charles Berling, but it matters little as they fall for each other's charm and sincerity. Inevitably, Berling joins the couple and the trio pals around until the marriage, when the outwardly confident but secretly lonely and desperate Berling realizes he too loves Gainsbourg and begins hounding her. Vernoux gets the best from her cast: Gainsbourg's awkward beauty and Attal's ruffled passivity create a sweetly believable couple, but there is room for lingering doubt. Berling has a lock on self-centered intellectuals in the French film industry, but here reveals a sad desperation and jealousy in his performance. Vernoux's light touch and playful asides suspend the film in a state of romantic comfort before the inevitable, sympathetic, but painful climax. What gives her modest tale character is the loving attention she gives each of the lovers and the generous, unexpected coda she rewards them--and us--with. (From amazon.com)

Awards: 1996: César Awards: Nominated for Best Actress (Charlotte Gainsbourg)

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Love, etc...

1996

Marion Vernoux

6.3

(212)