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Les chansons d'amour

Les Chansons d'amour

2007

Christophe Honoré

Louis Garrel, Ludivine Sagnier, Clotilde Hesme, Chiara Mastroianni ...

6.7

1,356

Musical. Romance. Drama In the hope of sparking their stalled relationship, Ismael and Julie enter a playful yet emotionally laced threesome with Alice. When tragedy strikes, these young Parisians are forced to deal with the fragility of life and love. For Ismael, this means negotiating through the advances of Julie's sister and a young college student, one of whom may offer him redemption. Love Songs is a modern-day musical told through songs sung entirely by the cast. [+]

	Author	Review
United States	A. O. Scott The New York Times	"The melodies are charming, though. And so, for the most part, is 'Love Songs', even if it doesn’t entirely work."	NEU
United Kingdom	Tom Dawson BBC	"An emotionally affecting work in its own right (...) Vibrant performances (…) Rating: ★★★★ (out of 5)"	POS
United States	Kirk Honeycutt The Hollywood Reporter	"Honore rightly chooses the most emotional moments for the characters to express thoughts and desires in song (...) And yet ... it doesn't work very well."	NEU
United States	Noel Murray AV Club	"Frankly, the music isn't that great (...) 'Love Songs' is definitely daring, but too much of it seems calculated"	NEU
United States	Ed Gonzalez Slant	"Another Parisian delight by Christophe Honoré (...) Honoré playfully details the complexities of carrying out a threesome (…) Rating: ★★★ (out of 4)"	POS
United Kingdom	Jonathan Romney Screendaily	"[It] succeeds neither as realist narrative nor as heart-lifting romance, and which provides a rather unexceptional soundtrack"	NEG
United States	Michael Koresky IndieWire	"Honore’s better at plucking moments out of time (...) than at sustaining narrative momentum"	NEU

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