The Names of Love

The Names of Love

Make love, not war

Directed by Michel Leclerc

Produced by Delante Films, TF1 Droits Audiovisuels

2010100 min7.2 / 10

A charming romantic comedy about political opposites who challenge each other's assumptions, built on warmth, playfulness, and the discovery that people are more complex than their names or beliefs suggest.

Bahia Benmahmoud, a free-spirited young woman, has a particular way of seeing political engagement, as she doesn't hesitate to sleep with those who don't agree with her to convert them to her cause - which is a lot of people, as all right-leaning people are concerned. Generally, it works pretty well. Until the day she meets Arthur Martin, a discreet forty-something who doesn't like taking risks. She imagines that with a name like that, he's got to be slightly fascist. But names are deceitful and appearances deceiving.

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  • Is The Names of Love one of a kind? No. Less singular than 93% of films.

  • Is The Names of Love violent? Barely. Less violent than 86% of films.

  • Is The Names of Love scary? Barely. Less frightening than 84% of films.

  • Is The Names of Love easy watching? Yes. More comforting than 82% of films.

  • Does The Names of Love end with hope? Yes. More hopeful than 81% of films.

  • Is The Names of Love sad? Not especially. Less sad than 73% of films.

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48/ 100

Cinnamon Score

How much this film gives you that nothing else will, and whether it delivers.

Familiar shape, done well.

Rarity11

How unlike any other film this one feels

Surprise79

How much more it delivers than it promises

Love75

How much audiences actually like it

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Like The Names of Love, But Darker

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Same territory, far fewer people have seen it.

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