| The Names of Love | |
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| Directed by | Michele Leclerc |
| Produced by | Antoine Rein Fabrice Goldstein Caroline Adrian |
| Written by | Michele Leclerc Baya Kasmi |
| Starring | Sara Forestier Jacques Gamblin Zinedine Soualem Carole Franck |
| Distributed by | Music Box Films (US) |
| Release date(s) | 10 July 2010 (France) 24 June 2011 (US) |
| Running time | 100 minutes |
| Country | France |
| Language | French |
The Names of Love (French: Le Nom des gens) is a 2010 French film, directed by Michel Leclerc, written by Leclerc and Baya Kasmi, and produced by Antoine Rein, Fabrice Goldstein and Caroline Adrian.
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The film was awarded two César Awards in 2011, including best female lead for Sara Forestier and best writing.[1]
The former French Prime Minister Lionel Jospin makes a cameo appearance.
The film is semi-biographical, documenting the life of a young woman who uses sex as a weapon to influence right-wing individuals and conservative Muslims. Bahia Benmahmoud (Sara Forestier), a young left-wing activist, sleeps with her political opponents in order to manipulate them to her cause until she finds her match in Arthur Martin (Jacques Gamblin).