Synopsis
Ismael and Julie, in the hope of sparking their stalled relationship, 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 which may offer him redemption.
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Cast
- Louis GarrelIsmaël Bénoliel
- Ludivine SagnierJulie Pommeraye
- Chiara MastroianniJeanne
- Clotilde HesmeAlice
- Grégoire Leprince-RinguetErwann
- Brigitte RoüanLa mère de Julie
- Alice ButaudJasmine, la soeur de Julie
- Jean-Marie WinlingLe père de Julie
- Yannick RenierGwendal
- Annabelle HettmannLa serveuse du bar
Recommendations
- 88
TV Guide Magazine
The result is a bittersweet trifle one can conceivably fall in love with, and Honore's best film so far. - 83
Entertainment Weekly
Chiara Mastroianni charms here just as her maman, Catherine Deneuve, did in Demy's 1964 classic. - 80
Salon
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). - 75
New York Post
Chiara Mastroianni, whose mom, Catherine Deneuve, starred in Demy's "The Umbrellas of Cherbourg" (1964), appears here as Julie's sister. Vive la New Wave. - 70
New York Magazine (Vulture)
Honoré has proven you can make a movie musical in which style doesn’t upstage content--a movie musical that blossoms from the inside out. - 70
Variety
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. - 70
The New York Times
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. - 67
The A.V. Club
Love Songs is definitely daring, but too much of it seems calculated to lead up to a final line about how to guard against grief.
