In Praise of Love

The story

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.

Cast

B Bruno PutzuluEdgar C Cécile CampElle J Jean DavyGrandfather F Françoise VernyGrandmother A Audrey KlebanerEglantine J Jérémie LippmannPerceval C Claude BaignièresMr. Rosenthal R Rémo ForlaniMayor Forlani M Mark HunterU.S. Journalist J Jean LacoutureHistorian P Philippe LyrettePhilippe, Edgar's Assistant B Bruno MesrineMagician

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D Djelloul BeghouraAlgerian V Violeta FerrerWoman 1 V Valérie OrtliebWoman 2 S Serge SpiraHomeless Man S Stéphanie JaubertYoung Girl J Jean-Henri RogerMayor Forlani's Aide L Lemmy ConstantineU.S. Assistant W William DohertyU.S. Official H Hocine ChoutriL'homme qui court M Marie-Françoise Audollent L Ludovic BerthillotLe clochard L Laurence Colussi M Marceline Loridan-IvensWoman in movie theatre F François RabinovicThe driver N Noël Simsolo Y Ysé TranMaid M Marie DesgrangesWoman on a bench in Paris (uncredited)