Rent In Praise of Love (2001)
3.1 of 5 from 75 ratings
1h 34min
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- Synopsis:
- Shot in a dazzling combination of luminous black and white celluloid and state of the art colour saturated digital video, 'Eloge de l'amour' concerns an author (Bruno Putzulu) and the beautiful young woman (Cecile Camp) he is considering for a part in a project he is writing which deals with the four key moments of love. Convinced that he may have met the woman before, we travel back two years in time to a series of interviews with an elderly couple who fought in the Resistance. Could this be where the enigmatic pair first met?
- Actors:
- Bruno Putzulu, Cécile Camp, Jean Davy, Françoise Verny, Audrey Klebaner, Jérémie Lippmann, Claude Baignières, Rémo Forlani, Mark Hunter, Jean Lacouture, Philippe Lyrette, Bruno Mesrine, Djéloul Beghoura, Violeta Ferrer, Valérie Ortlieb, Serge Spira, Stéphanie Jaubert, Jean-Henri Roger, Lemmy Constantine, William Doherty
- Directors:
- Jean-Luc Godard
- Producers:
- Alain Sarde, Ruth Waldburger
- Writers:
- Jean-Luc Godard
- Aka:
- Eloge De L'Amour
- Studio:
- Optimum
- Genres:
- Drama, Romance
- Collections:
- Cinema Paradiso's Euro 24 Film Festival, Films & TV by topic, Top 10 Films With Voiceover Narration, Top Films
- Countries:
- France
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Reviews (2) of In Praise of Love
Godard’s Fragmented Heartbeat - In Praise of Love review by griggs
Some films test your patience; this one wears it down. In Praise of Love finds Godard deep in his late style—fragmented, elliptical, forever circling ideas of memory, politics, and love without much interest in clarity. Half the time you’re unsure what he’s saying, the other half you’re wondering if it was worth the detour.
The film splits in two: first, grainy black-and-white, then lurid digital colour. The contrast is jarring, but less profound than it seems—past and present crashing together in theory, though not always in feeling. Godard’s dialogue veers between lecture hall and diary entry, and while there’s an occasional glint of poetry, it often drowns in abstraction.
It isn’t exactly dull, but it is hard work. The rhythms drag, the pacing resists, and the reward feels slimmer than the effort. Every so often there’s an image that lands, but more often In Praise of Love drifts into static.
1 out of 1 members found this review helpful.
Godard’s Fragmented Heartbeat - In Praise of Love review by griggs
Some films test your patience; this one wears it down. In Praise of Love finds Godard deep in his late style—fragmented, elliptical, forever circling ideas of memory, politics, and love without much interest in clarity. Half the time you’re unsure what he’s saying, the other half you’re wondering if it was worth the detour.
The film splits in two: first, grainy black-and-white, then lurid digital colour. The contrast is jarring, but less profound than it seems—past and present crashing together in theory, though not always in feeling. Godard’s dialogue veers between lecture hall and diary entry, and while there’s an occasional glint of poetry, it often drowns in abstraction.
It isn’t exactly dull, but it is hard work. The rhythms drag, the pacing resists, and the reward feels slimmer than the effort. Every so often there’s an image that lands, but more often In Praise of Love drifts into static.
1 out of 1 members found this review helpful.