Love (2015 film)
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| Directed by | Gaspar Noé |
| Produced by | Vincent Maraval |
| Written by | Gaspar Noé |
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| Music by | Lawrence Schulz John Carpenter |
| Cinematography | Benoît Debie |
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| Distributed by | Wild Bunch |
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135 minutes |
| Country | France Belgium |
| Language | English |
| Budget | $3 million |
| Box office | $827,625 |
Love is a 2015 French 3D erotic romantic drama film written and directed by Gaspar Noé. The film marked Noe's fourth directorial venture after a gap of five years.
The film revolves around the lives of an American cinema school student, named Murphy, and his former French girlfriend, Electra, whom he dated for two years while living in Paris. One day, Murphy and Electra met and had a no-strings-attached threesome with another woman, a young blonde Danish teenager named Omi, as a way to add some excitement to their love life. But later, Murphy had sex with Omi behind Electra's back, as a result of which Omi became pregnant. This unwanted pregnancy ended the relationship between Murphy and Electra on a very sad note, and it forced Murphy to get married to Omi.
On a rainy January 1 morning, Electra's mother, Nora, phones Murphy at his small Paris apartment where he lives with Omi and their 18-month-old son to ask him if he's heard from the young woman, because she hasn't for quite a while now and, given her daughter's suicidal tendencies, she is really worried. For the rest of this day (and the film), Murphy recalls his past two years with Electra in a series of fragmented, nonlinear flashbacks; how they first met in Paris, their quick hookup, and their lives over the next two years which is filled with drug abuse, rough sex and tender moments.
The film was produced by Vincent Maraval.
Love is the screen debut of the two main actresses of the film, Muyock and Kristin. Noé met them in a club. He found Karl Glusman for the role of Murphy through a mutual friend.
The budget of the film was around $3 million.Principal photography took place in Paris.
In a pre-release interview with Marfa Journal, Gaspar implied that the film will have an explicitly sexual feel: "will give guys a hard-on and make girls cry". Most of the sex scenes in the film were not choreographed.
The week before its debut at the 2015 Cannes Film Festival, the film's U.S. distribution rights were acquired by Alchemy. It was selected to be screened in the Vanguard section of the 2015 Toronto International Film Festival. The film also screened in Indian film festival The International Film Festival of Kerala held in Thiruvananthapuram in the world cinema category.
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