In Praise of Love (2001)
Someone we hear talking - but whom we do not see - speaks of a project which describes the four key moments of love: meeting, physical passion, arguments/separation and making up. This project is to be told through three couples: young, adult and old. We do not know if the project is for a play, a film, a novel or an opera. The author of the project is always accompanied by a kind of servant. Meanwhile, two years earlier, an American civil servant meets with an elderly French couple who had fought in the Resistance during World War II, brokering a deal with a Hollywood director to buy the rights to tell their story. The members of the old couple's family discuss heatedly questions of nation, memory and history.
Director: Jean-Luc Godard
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Bruno Putzulu as Edgar |
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Cécile Camp as Elle |
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Jean Davy as Grandfather |
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Françoise Verny as Grandmother |
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Audrey Klebaner as Eglantine |
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Jérémie Lippmann as Perceval |
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Claude Baignières as Mr. Rosenthal |
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Rémo Forlani as Mayor Forlani |
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Mark Hunter as U.S. Journalist |
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Jean Lacouture as Historian |
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Philippe Lyrette as Philippe, Edgar's Assistant |
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Bruno Mesrine as Magician |
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Djelloul Beghoura as Algerian |
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Violeta Ferrer as Woman 1 |
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Valérie Ortlieb as Woman 2 |
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Serge Spira as Homeless Man |
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Stéphanie Jaubert as Young Girl |
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Jean-Henri Roger as Mayor Forlani's Aide |
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Lemmy Constantine as U.S. Assistant |
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William Doherty as U.S. Official |
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Hocine Choutri as L'homme qui court |
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Marie-Françoise Audollent as |
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Ludovic Berthillot as Le clochard |
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Laurence Colussi as |
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Marceline Loridan-Ivens as Woman in movie theatre |
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François Rabinovic as The driver |
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Noël Simsolo as |
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Ysé Tran as Maid |
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Marie Desgranges as Woman on a bench in Paris (uncredited) |
| Directing | Jean-Luc Godard | Director |
| Writing | Jean-Luc Godard | Writer |
| Sound | Arvo Pärt | Music |
| Sound | Maurice Jaubert | Music |
| Directing | Gilbert Guichardière | Assistant Director |
| Costume & Make-Up | Marie-France Thibault | Hairstylist |
| Sound | François Musy | Sound |
| Sound | Jean-Alexandre Villemer | Sound Recordist |
| Directing | Christophe Rabinovici | Assistant Director |
| Sound | Ketil Bjørnstad | Music |
| Sound | Gabriel Hafner | Sound |
| Sound | Olivier Burgaud | Boom Operator |
| Editing | Richard Deusy | Colorist |
| Camera | Léo Mac Dougall | Assistant Camera |
| Sound | Georges Van Parys | Music |
| Production | Joseph Strub | Production Manager |
| Sound | Christian Monheim | Sound |
| Lighting | Olivier Regent | Gaffer |
| Directing | Aurélien Poitrimoult | Assistant Director |
| Directing | Fleur Albert | Assistant Director |
| Camera | Emmanuelle Collinot | Assistant Camera |
| Sound | David Darling | Music |
| Sound | Karl Amadeus Hartmann | Music |
| Production | Ruth Waldburger | Producer |
| Production | Alain Sarde | Producer |
| Camera | Julien Hirsch | Director of Photography |
| Editing | Raphaële Urtin | Editor |
| Production | Stéphane Foenkinos | Casting |
| Camera | Christophe Pollock | Director of Photography |
| Costume & Make-Up | Marina Thibaut | Costume Design |
