THE BIRTH OF LOVE
synopsis
Middle-aged artistes provide the focus of this drama filmed in black and white. The story is set in Paris around the time of the Gulf War. Paul is an actor leading a drab directionless existence. He has an affair with Ulrika, a woman half his age. His wife, with whom he constantly argues, is pregnant with their second child. He does not interact much with his teenage son. Much of the film centers around the emptiness of his life.
original title: | La naissance de l'amour |
country: | France, Switzerland |
year: | 1993 |
genre: | fiction |
directed by: | Philippe Garrel |
film run: | 94' |
release date: | IT 01/09/1993, FR 22/09/1993, GR 09/1993, BE 04/05/1994, AT 20/10/1994, DE 26/06/1996, PL 26/07/2015 |
screenplay: | Muriel Cerf, Marc Cholodenko, Philippe Garrel |
cast: | Lou Castel, Jean-Pierre Léaud, Johanna ter Steege |
cinematography by: | Raoul Coutard |
film editing: | Sophie Coussein, Yann Dedet, Nathalie Hubert, Alexandra Strauss |
costumes designer: | Laura Travelli |
producer: | Pascal Caucheteux, Ruth Waldburger |