Love Songs

Name: Love Songs
Genre: Drama, Romance, Musical
Released: March 21, 2008
Duration: 100 min
Rating: 70
Cast: Clotilde Hesme, Louis Garrel, Ludivine Sagnier

2008

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IFC Films | Release Date: March 21, 2008

Starring: Clotilde Hesme, Louis Garrel, Ludivine Sagnier

Summary: In the hope of sparking their stalled relationship, Ismael and Julie enter a playful yet emotionally laced threesome with Alice. When tragedy strikes, these young Parisians are forced to deal with the fragility of life and love. For Ismael, this means negotiating through the advances of Julie's sister and a young college student, one ofIn the hope of sparking their stalled relationship, Ismael and Julie enter a playful yet emotionally laced threesome with Alice. When tragedy strikes, these young Parisians are forced to deal with the fragility of life and love. For Ismael, this means negotiating through the advances of Julie's sister and a young college student, one of whom may offer him redemption. Love Songs is a modern-day musical told through unforgettable songs sung entirely by the cast. (IFC First Take)… Expand

Director: Christophe Honoré

Genre(s): Drama, Romance, Musical

Runtime: 100 min

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TV Guide Magazine Ken Fox

The result is a bittersweet trifle one can conceivably fall in love with, and Honore's best film so far. Read full review

Lisa Schwarzbaum

Chiara Mastroianni charms here just as her maman, Catherine Deneuve, did in Demy's 1964 classic. Read full review

Andrew O'Hehir

You could describe Love Songs, as a blend of François Truffaut's wistful Parisian sentimentalism and Pedro Almodóvar's acrid polysexual comedy, which were never far apart to begin with (given the difference in climate and native temperament between France and Spain). Read full review

Kevin Thomas

An attractive and talented young cast brings this graceful film alive in all its tenderness and emotion. Read full review

Jay Weissberg

Likeable film doesn't measure up to helmer Christophe Honore's previous "Inside Paris," stumbling a bit in capturing the genuine grief that sits at its heart, though once again his feel for family is unerring and some of pic's greatest charms come from the warmth they inspire. Read full review

A.O. Scott

The girl-boy-girl threesome, which turns out to be short-lived, is perhaps the most straightforward emotional configuration in this odd, witty, touching film. Read full review

Elizabeth Weitzman

So French you may have to buy your ticket in euros, Christophe Honoré's musical trifle feels ready-made for emotionally woozy undergraduates. Read full review

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JackM.

May 9, 2009

Romance, scenes of Paris, beautiful songs, and a tango of love affairs, what more could one want in a film? I have wanted to see Louis Garrel in scenes like this ever since Bertolucci's The Dreamers kept him from the full embrace with Michael Pitt. The interplay of Thanatos and Eros is Romance, scenes of Paris, beautiful songs, and a tango of love affairs, what more could one want in a film? I have wanted to see Louis Garrel in scenes like this ever since Bertolucci's The Dreamers kept him from the full embrace with Michael Pitt. The interplay of Thanatos and Eros is moving, as well.… Expand