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Love Affair(s)

2020 · 122 min

A gentle, talky French romance about confiding intimate stories; warm and wistful, with a quiet ache of missed connections.

Directed by
Emmanuel Mouret
Genres
Drama, Romance
Starring
Camélia Jordana, Niels Schneider, Vincent Macaigne
Overview
Vacations in the French countryside. Daphne, three months pregnant, finds herself alone to welcome Maxime, her boyfriend François’ cousin. François had to leave in a hurry for Paris to cover for a sick colleague. For four days, while waiting for his return, Daphne and Maxime get to know each other and share very intimate stories that bring them closer...

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Directed by
Emmanuel Mouret
Genres
Drama, Romance
Starring
Camélia Jordana, Niels Schneider, Vincent Macaigne
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How it feels

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Tone
  • romanticstrength 2 of 3
  • melancholicstrength 2 of 3
  • earneststrength 2 of 3
  • warmstrength 1 of 3
Pacing
measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • love
  • betrayal
  • identity
  • memory
  • parenthood
Places
  • countryside
  • big city
Era
contemporary
Audience
adult
Form
  • ensemble
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language mild
  • Violence none
  • Sex mild
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action1
Horror0
Humour4
Realism8
Romance8
Tension3
Darkness3
Complexity6
Emotional weight6

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Details

Genres
drama, romance
Directed by
Emmanuel Mouret
Written by
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Starring
Camélia Jordana, Niels Schneider, Vincent Macaigne, Émilie Dequenne, Jenna Thiam, Guillaume Gouix, Julia Piaton, Louis-Do de Lencquesaing
Cinematography
Laurent Desmet
Runtime
122 min
Country
France
Languages
French

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