Love Songs (film)

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Love Songs (Les Chansons d'amour)
Directed by	Christophe Honoré
Written by	Christophe Honoré
Music by	Alex Beaupain
Cinematography	Rémy Chevrin
Editing by	Chantal Hymans
Distributed by	Bac Films (France), IFC Films, Red Envelope Entertainment (USA)
Release date(s)	2007
Running time	100 mins
Country	France
Language	French
IMDb profile

Love Songs (French: Les Chansons d'amour) is a French 2007 film by Christophe Honoré. It is one of the 20 films running for the Featured Films competition at the 2007 Cannes Film Festival.^[1], a musical about love, life and death starring Louis Garrel, Ludivine Sagnier and Chiara Mastroianni. It was presented on Official Selection, thus it was nominated to the Golden Palm. The film's style is vaguely inspired by Jacques Demy film The Umbrellas of Cherbourg, which starred Catherine Deneuve, who is Chiara Mastroianni's mother.

1 Synposis
2 Cast
3 Critical reception
4 Box office performance
5 References
6 External links

[edit] Synposis

Ismael (Louis Garrel) is in a relationship with Julie (Ludivine Sagnier). Alice (Clotilde Hesme), who works with Ismael, enters into the relationship with both him and Julie. When tragedy strikes, Ismael contemplates the possibility of love with Erwann (Gregoire Leprince-Ringuet).

[edit] Cast

Louis Garrel as Ismaël Bénoliel
Ludivine Sagnier as Julie Pommeraye
Chiara Mastroianni as Jeanne
Clotilde Hesme as Alice
Grégoire Leprince-Ringuet as Erwann
Brigitte Roüan as Julie's mother

[edit] Critical reception

The film received generally positive reviews from critics. As of March 21, 2008, the review aggregator Rotten Tomatoes reported that 63% of critics gave the film positive reviews, based on 16 reviews.^[2] Metacritic reported the film had an average score of 70 out of 100, based on 10 reviews.^[3]

[edit] Box office performance

As of March 23, 2008, it has grossed a total of $2,759,302 worldwide — $21,900 in the United States and Canada and $2,737,402 in other territories.^[4]