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A young, extroverted left-wing activist who sleeps with her political opponents to convert them to her cause is successful until she meets her match.

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A young, extroverted left-wing activist who sleeps with her political opponents to convert them to her cause is successful until she meets her match.A young, extroverted left-wing activist who sleeps with her political opponents to convert them to her cause is successful until she meets her match.A young, extroverted left-wing activist who sleeps with her political opponents to convert them to her cause is successful until she meets her match.

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IMDb RATING

7.1/10

8.4K

YOUR RATING

See production info at IMDbPro

Awards
- 3 wins & 5 nominations total

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Joyous and Intelligent,, One of the Top 5 Films of the Year

The Names of Love is one of the most joyous and intelligent comedies I've seen in many years. It's playful, romantic, political, sexy, and filled with delicious performances! Sara Forestier is an absolute delight as Baya Benmahmoud, who takes the slogan "make love, not war" quite literally. She uses her intelligence and beauty to seduce bigots around her and entice them to change their ways. Jacques Gamblin is perfect as the much quieter Arthur Martin, who crosses paths with Raya and has never met anyone like her. The romance that ensues is hilarious and touching. The parents of both characters are also unforgettable characters. Poor Arthur's parents, for example, are always investing in the wrong technology: the Betamax instead of VHS, the laserdisc, a TV remote control with an extender that reaches across the room to change the channel....Rich, creative, playful in ways that remind us of the true joys possible in film!

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Jul 20, 2011
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Trivia
An actress initially cast as Bahia Benmahmoud had demanded to remove the nude scene in which she leaves the house without clothes on and wanders down the street and into a train on the Paris Metro, to the surprise of fellow travelers. When Sara Forestier took over the role of Bahia Benmahmoud, she asked for the scene to be put back in, feeling it was a key scene for the character."It was easy because it is so rare to do a nude scene that's funny," she says with a big grin. "If I have the opportunity to do that in my life, I run! I was excited to do it because it was like a burlesque show."

Goofs
When Bahia Benmahmoud's mother is characterized by her likes and dislikes, she can be seen as a hippie in the 70s, and it is mentioned that she hates films of the 70s starring Alain Delon with the word "flic" (cop) in them. Then a poster of the film Pour la peau d'un flic (1981) is briefly shown. Yet, that film only opened in 1981.