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Love Etc. [1998] | ![Love Etc. [1998]](http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/4128XNRQG8L._SL500_.jpg)
| Director: Marion Vernoux
Actors: Charlotte Gainsbourg, Yvan Attal, Charles Berling, Thibault De Montalembert, Elodie Navarre
Studio: Pathe Distribution
Category: Video
Buy Used: £7.46
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Rating:  3 reviews
Sales Rank: 27396
Format: Dolby, Pal, Subtitled, Surround Sound
Language: French (Original Language)
Rating: Suitable for 15 years and over
Media: VHS Tape
Discs: 1
Number Of Items: 1
Running Time: 105 Minutes
EAN: 5024165792131
ASIN: B00004CXAR
Theatrical Release Date: May 29, 1997
Release Date: October 5, 1998
Availability: Usually dispatched within 1-2 business days
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| Customer Reviews:
 Bittersweet beauty in Paris, laugh or cry ?, probably both! May 21, 2001
MR C NORMAN
5 out of 6 found this review helpful
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.
 A three-way love relationship. November 17, 2000
burneyfan@btinternet.com (England)
11 out of 12 found this review helpful
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.pBut 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.pAnd 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.pBetrayed 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.
A story full of simple beauty about friendship and love May 24, 2000
4 out of 5 found this review helpful
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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