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Love Etc. [DVD] [1998]

DVD ~ Charlotte Gainsbourg
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  • Actors: Charlotte Gainsbourg, Yvan Attal, Charles Berling, Thibault de Montalembert, Élodie Navarre
  • Directors: Marion Vernoux
  • Writers: Dodine Herry, Marion Vernoux, Julian Barnes
  • Producers: Françoise Galfré, Patrick Godeau
  • Format: PAL
  • Language French
  • Subtitles: English
  • Region: Region 2 (This DVD may not be viewable outside Europe. Read more about DVD formats.)
  • Number of discs: 1
  • Classification: 15
  • Studio: Pathe Distribution
  • DVD Release Date: 26 Sep 2005
  • Run Time: 105 minutes
  • Average Customer Review: 4.7 out of 5 stars See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
  • ASIN: B000260O6W
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 6,890 in DVD (See Bestsellers in DVD)

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In response to a personal add placed by Marie (Gainsbourg) Benoit (Attal) encloses a photo of his handsome best friend Pierre (Berling). Although he doesn't look like the picture, Benoit and Marie meet, fall in love, and soon get married. When Pierre, the real man in the picture, finally meets Marie at the wedding, he falls in love with her too! Will she fall for the man she was originally attracted to in the photo

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12 of 14 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars A three-way love relationship., 17 Nov 2000
This review is from: Love Etc. [VHS] [1998] (VHS Tape)
This is a very French and very charming love story, filmed as only the French seem to know how with remarkable subtlety and sensitivity. Benoit, played by Yvan Attal, a shy and introverted bank-clerk, advertises for a girl friend and has the remarkable good fortune to meet the modest and appealing Marie, played by Charlotte Gainsbourg, a girl with the natural look, without much evidence of any make-up. She doesn't feel any instant attraction but likes him because he is nice and kind - though, as it turns out, also dull and unimaginative. He takes her to meet his best friend Pierre, played by Charles Berling, (seen playing a similar obsessive lover in L'Ennui) and for over a year the three of them go about everywhere together. Then she marries Benoit with Pierre acting as his best-man.

But throughout this time Pierre has been trying to stifle his love for Marie and failing miserably. Able to stand it no longer he declares his love and Marie is horrified. She does her best to discourage him but over many months he pursues her with a persistence that not many men would be capable of.

And in the end, as we expect, his persistence pays off. What woman could withstand such ardent overtures from a charismatic man with a sense of humour? And he behaves in a lovable, unconventional way, - a bit in the style of Cary Grant - he lies spread-eagled in the middle of the road to stop an approaching car and he stands on his head when she takes his photograph at the sea-side, both actions a bit beyond the nice but plodding Benoit. When however, Benoit discovers their guilty secret he reacts violently, a scene that seems a little out of place in a film which up to that point has been pleasant and amusing.

Betrayed by his best friend and the woman he loves, and consequently losing them both, is it possible for him ever to be happy again? Well the film does end happily - if a little unconvincingly - to the accompaniment of a very moving and very French ballad. Believe me it will bring tears to your eyes.

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5 of 6 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Bittersweet beauty in Paris, laugh or cry ?, probably both!, 21 May 2001
This review is from: Love Etc. [VHS] [1998] (VHS Tape)
The beauty of this film, as with so many other French films, is that it manages to stir up such a range of emotions with effortless ease. There is real comedy (such as Pierre's claim that "I,I-I-I" is not an adequate lyric for a song!),and also real desperation in Benoit's realization that he losing his beloved Marie to his best friend.Add to this the timeless setting of the lesser known Paris suburbs (this in itself gives the film an extra dimension)and you have a film that re-awaken's the need to feel raw emotion.
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4 of 5 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars A story full of simple beauty about friendship and love, 24 May 2000
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This review is from: Love Etc. [VHS] [1998] (VHS Tape)
The movie talks about extremely usual topics such as love or friendship but it's the simplicity of the way they are portrayed that makes this an absolutely wonderful movie. The photography and soundtrack just make this an even greater pleasure to watch. It shows how it's possible to say a lot with very few words, just watch out for the scene in the car park with Nessun Dorma marking the rythm.
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