Les chansons d'amour (2007)

User Rating:

7.1/10   

Director:

Christophe Honoré

Writer:

Christophe Honoré (writer)

Release Date:

23 May 2007 (Belgium)

Genre:

Drama | Musical | Romance

Plot:

A musical interpretation of three lovers living in Paris.

Plot Keywords:

Death | Lesbian | Gay Interest | Gay Slur | Sex Talk

Awards:

4 wins & 5 nominations

Cast

Louis Garrel	...	Ismaël Bénoliel
Ludivine Sagnier	...	Julie Pommeraye
Chiara Mastroianni	...	Jeanne
Clotilde Hesme	...	Alice
Grégoire Leprince-Ringuet	...	Erwann
Brigitte Roüan	...	La mère de Julie
Alice Butaud	...	Jasmine, la soeur de Julie
Jean-Marie Winling	...	Le père de Julie
Yannick Renier	...	Gwendal
Annabelle Hettmann	...	La serveuse du bar
Esteban Carvajal-Alegria	...	L'ami d'Erwann (as Esteban Carvajal Alegria)
Sylvain Tempier	...	Un policier
Guillaume Clérice	...	Un policier
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Alex Beaupain	...	Le chanteur (uncredited)
William Leymergie	...	Himself / En personne à la TV (uncredited) (archive footage)
Gaël Morel	...	Un spectateur dans la fille d'attente (uncredited)

Directed by
Christophe Honoré

Writing credits (in alphabetical order)
Christophe Honoré		writer

Produced by
Paulo Branco	....	producer

Original Music by
Alex Beaupain

Cinematography by
Rémy Chevrin

Film Editing by
Chantal Hymans

Casting by
Richard Rousseau

Production Design by
Samuel Deshors

Art Direction by
Emmanuelle Cuillery

Set Decoration by
Sébastien Perroy

Costume Design by
Pierre Canitrot

Makeup Department
Agathe Dupuis	....	key hair stylist
Stéphanie Guillon	....	assistant makeup artist
Manuela Taco	....	key makeup artist

Production Management
Elise Berment	....	assistant unit manager
Ludovic Beurton	....	assistant unit manager
Denis Bourgeois	....	assistant unit manager
Juan Tomas Chaves Sanchez	....	assistant unit manager
Sébastien Coppini	....	assistant unit manager
Thomas de Sambi	....	assistant unit manager
Julie Descormiers	....	assistant unit manager
Vincent Lecerf	....	assistant unit manager
Marion Loloum	....	assistant unit manager
Anne Mattatia	....	post-production supervisor
Alexandre Meliava	....	production manager
Laurent Rizzon	....	unit production manager
Philippe Saal	....	production manager
Benjamin Vasseur	....	assistant unit manager
Lola Zajdermann	....	assistant production manager

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Elias Belkeddar	....	assistant director
Yann Chemin	....	assistant director
Mohamed Delhamar	....	assistant director
Luc Donnard	....	assistant director
Camille Guille	....	assistant director
Christophe Leyton	....	assistant director
Sylvie Peyre	....	first assistant director
Carole Reinhard	....	second assistant director

Art Department
Emmanuelle Cuillery	....	first assistant art director
Claire Massard	....	set dresser
Tara Roy	....	property master
Tara Roy	....	props

Sound Department
Bertrand Boudaud	....	foley artist
Laurent Cercleux	....	boom operator
Valérie Deloof	....	sound editor
Thierry Delor	....	sound mixer
Thomas Fourel	....	assistant sound editor
Guillaume Le Bras	....	sound
Charles Leconte	....	assistant boom operator
Frédérique Liébaut	....	post-synchronization
Agnes Ravez	....	sound editor
Jean-Alexandre Villemer	....	sound recordist

Special Effects by
Philippe Alleton	....	special effects

Camera and Electrical Department
Alexandra Afonso	....	first assistant camera (as Alexandra Afonso-Camilo)
Damien Auriol	....	grip
Antoine Aybes-Gille	....	second assistant camera
Justine Bourgade	....	second assistant camera
Pascal Delaunay	....	grip
Philippe Derobert	....	electrician (as Philippe Derobert Mazure)
Germain Garziano	....	grip
Antonin Gendre	....	key grip
Ismaël Hasnaoui	....	electrician
Nicolas Juge	....	best boy
Margot Lestage	....	first assistant camera (as Marguerite Lestage)
Jean-Claude Lother	....	still photographer
Tom Mitaux	....	electrician
Olivier Rodriguez	....	gaffer
Damien Stein	....	electrician

Casting Department
Rita Rego	....	casting assistant

Costume and Wardrobe Department
Anne Billette	....	key costumer
Sylvie Régnier	....	set costumer

Editorial Department
Christophe Bousquet	....	color timer
Fabien Turriziani	....	assistant editor

Other crew
Sandrine Cayron	....	script supervisor
Christelle Laurent	....	production administrator

Thanks
Jean-Claude Guiguet	....	dedicatee
Mathilde Incerti	....	thanks
Aude Monnin	....	dedicatee
Gaël Morel	....	thanks
Claire Vassé	....	thanks

Production Companies

• Alma Films
• Flach Film (in association with)
• Centre National de la Cinématographie (CNC) (participation)
• Canal+ (participation)
• CinéCinéma (participation)
• Cofinova 3 (in association with)
• Cofinova 4 (in association with)
• Coficup (in association with)
• Backup Films (funding)

Distributors

• PRO-FUN media Filmverleih (2008) (Germany) (all media)
• Audio Visual Enterprises (2007) (Greece) (theatrical)
• Bac Films (2007) (France) (theatrical)
• Filmes da Mostra (2008) (Brazil) (theatrical)
• IFC Films (2007) (USA) (theatrical)
• IFC Films (2008) (USA) (theatrical) (subtitled)
• Russian Report (2008) (Russia) (theatrical)
• Red Envelope Entertainment (2007) (USA) (DVD)

Other Companies

• Soundtrack  trailer

Also Known As:

Love Songs (USA) (new title)

Runtime:

100 min

Country:

France

Language:

French

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby

Certification:

Switzerland:10 (canton of Geneva) | Switzerland:10 (canton of Vaud) | Canada:18A | Argentina:13 | Portugal:M/16 | Canada:G (Quebec) | Canada:PG (British Columbia) | Canada:14A (Ontario) | UK:15 | Germany:6

Filming Locations:

Paris, France

Company:

Alma Films

Trivia:

Cameo: [Gaël Morel]early in the film, Gaël Morel, whom is thanked in the credits, pushes through to the front of the line, while Julie is queuing for the movie.

Movie Connections:

References Après lui (2007)

Soundtrack:

Je n'aime que toi

The Unbearable Lightness of... Life?

I wish I could see this film at least another 3 or 4 times, before making this comment, but I can't wait telling the world (ah ah) how much I loved it! This film is a huge and wonderful homage to a great deal of things. 'Great things' such as love, life, death... and more 'minor things' (?) such as youth, friendship, music, Paris, actors and actresses, directors such as Stanley Donen, Jacques Demy, etc. And still, this film manages to stay incredibly fresh, new, full of veiled references (I couldn't help smiling with delight, when seeing Chiara Mastroianni under her transparent umbrella, a reference to her mother, Catherine Deneuve, in The Umbrellas of Cherbourg). And the film goes on like that, like on a tight rope, with actors perched on their frail voices, never ridiculous, always moving and/or witty. It keeps moving (never a dull moment) and it keeps moving you. Never vulgar, never cheap, never shocking. A marvel of lightness. Could it be the unbearable lightness of what we call life?