THE NAMES OF LOVE
aka LE NOM DES GENS

Year: 2010
USA: Music Box Films
Cast: Jacques Gamblin, Sara Forestier, Zinedine Soualem, Carole Franck, Jacques Boudet, Michele Moretti, Zakariya Gouram, Julia Vaidis-Bogard, Adrien Stoclet, Camille Gigot, Laura Genovino, Rose Marit, Youari Kime, Yann Goven, Nabil Massad, Cyrille Andrieu-Lacu, Cristina Palma Di Figueiredo
Director: Michel Leclerc
Country: France
Language: French (English subtitles)
USA: 102 mins
USA Rated: R for sexual content including graphic nudity, and some language
USA Release Date: 24 June 2011 (Limited Release)


Synopsis

"Make love not war."

Baya Benmahmoud (Sara Forestier) is a young extrovert who lives by the old hippie slogan: "Make love, not war". Her intention in life is to seduce and convert as many right-wing men as she can to her left-wing political causes. She achieves this very successfully until she meets Arthur Martin (Jacques Gamblin).

Arthur is a Jewish, middle aged, middle-of-the road scientist. Despite the age gap the two are bound by common tragic family histories (the Algerian War and Holocaust under Vichy), and against all the odds, fall in love.