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Living on Love Alone

2010 · 85 min

A quiet, impulsive drift into intimacy and risk, watching a young woman trade security for a summer of uncertain freedom.

Directed by
Isabelle Czajka
Genres
Romance, Drama
Starring
Anaïs Demoustier, Pio Marmaï, Laurent Poitrenaux
Overview
Julie Bataille is fed up with student jobs. At 23, with a 5-years university degree, she wants to work for real. She meets Ben by chance at a job interview. He's a guy who chose to live by the day, getting by with whatever crosses his path and small-time trafficking. Ben asks her to come and spend the summer with him in the South. Julie declines. Then one day, on an impulse, she leaves everything behind and joins him.

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Directed by
Isabelle Czajka
Genres
Romance, Drama
Starring
Anaïs Demoustier, Pio Marmaï, Laurent Poitrenaux
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How it feels

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Tone
  • melancholicstrength 2 of 3
  • romanticstrength 2 of 3
  • earneststrength 2 of 3
  • tensestrength 1 of 3
Pacing
measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • identity
  • love
  • freedom
  • coming-of-age
  • class
Places
  • big city
  • countryside
Era
contemporary
Audience
adult
Form
None
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language mild
  • Violence mild
  • Sex mild
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action2
Horror0
Humour3
Realism8
Romance6
Tension4
Darkness5
Complexity5
Emotional weight6

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Details

Genres
romance, drama
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Written by
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Starring
Anaïs Demoustier, Pio Marmaï, Laurent Poitrenaux, Jean-Louis Coulloc'h, Manuel Vallade, Adélaïde Leroux, Christine Brücher, Océane Mozas
Music
Éric Neveux
Cinematography
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Runtime
85 min
Country
France
Languages
French

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