Overview
The Names of Love is a 2010 French romantic comedy film directed by Michel Leclerc, written by Leclerc and Baya Kasmi, and produced by Antoine Rein, Fabrice Goldstein and Caroline Adrian. The film recorded 764,821 admissions in Europe.
The film was awarded two César Awards in 2011, including Best Actress for Sara Forestier and Best Original Screenplay.
Plot
The film is semi-biographical, documenting the life of a young woman who uses sex as a weapon to influence right-wing individuals and conservative Muslims. Bahia Benmahmoud (Sara Forestier), a scatter-brained, free-spirited, young left-wing activist, sleeps with her political opposites in order to manipulate them to her cause, until she finds her match in Arthur Martin (Jacques Gamblin).
Cast
Jacques Gamblin as Arthur Martin
Sara Forestier as Bahia Benmahmoud
Zinedine Soualem as Mohamed Benmahmoud
Carole Franck as Cécile Delivet Benmahmoud
Jacques Boudet as Lucien Martin
Michèle Moretti as Annette Martin
Zakariya Gouram as Hassan Hassini
Antoine Michel as photographer
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