Love (2015)

Murphy is an American living in Paris who enters a highly sexually and emotionally charged relationship with the unstable Electra. Unaware of the effect it will have on their relationship, they invite their pretty neighbor into their bed.

Director:

Gaspar Noé

Writer:

Gaspar Noé

Stars:

Aomi Muyock, Karl Glusman, Klara Kristin

2 wins & 1 nomination.

Cast

Cast overview:
Aomi Muyock	...	Electra
Karl Glusman	...	Murphy
Klara Kristin	...	Omi
Ugo Fox	...	Gaspar
Juan Saavedra	...	Julio
Gaspar Noé	...	Noe (as Aron Pages)
Isabelle Nicou	...	Nora / Electra's mother
Benoît Debie	...	Yuyo
Vincent Maraval	...	Lieutenant Castel
Déborah Révy	...	Paula (as Deborah Revy)
Xamira Zuloaga	...	Lucile
Stella Rocha	...	Mami
Omaima S.	...	Victoire

Storyline

Murphy is an American cinema school student, living in Paris. He had a French girlfriend, called Electra, whom he dated for two years. One day, they 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, he had sex with her behind Electra's back, as a result of which Omi became pregnant. This unplanned pregnancy ended the relationship between Murphy and Electra on a horrible note, and it forced Murphy to marry Omi. In one morning, Electra's mother, Nora, phones him to ask if he's heard from Electra, because she hasn't heard from her for three months, and given her daughter's suicidal tendencies. For the rest of this day, he 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.

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Plot Keywords:

unsimulated sex | sex scene | female full frontal nudity | film starts with sex | sex with neighbor | 

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Genres:

Drama | Romance

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Certificate:

Not Rated

Details

Official Sites:

Official site [Japan] Wild Bunch Distribution [France]

Country:

France Belgium

Language:

English French

Release Date:

30 October 2015 (USA)

Also Known As:

Love

Filming Locations:

Paris, France

Box Office

Budget:

$3,000,000 (estimated)

Opening Weekend USA:

$29,301, 1 November 2015

Gross USA:

$249,083

Cumulative Worldwide Gross:

$861,057

Company Credits

Production Co:

Les Cinémas de la Zone, RT Features, Rectangle Productions

Technical Specs

Runtime:

135 min

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

The film was initially called "Danger". It was supposed to be Gaspar Noé's second film after I Stand Alone (1998) and Vincent Cassel and Monica Bellucci were to star in it, but after reading the treatment for the film they called up the director to say that they wouldn't do the film because it was a very intimate one (since they were a couple). So Noé had to come up with an idea for another film he could do with the big French couple so he could have something to give to the producers whose attention he had caught with the project and earn money to pay his rent. That's how Irréversible (2002) was made.

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Goofs

Murphy uses a Loreo 3D camera to take pictures of Electra. At one point he turns the camera on end to shoot. This means the two resulting images will not align correctly to make a single stereoscopic picture. He also neglects to use the flash in the dimly lit room.

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Quotes

Victoire: If you fall in love, you're the loser.

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Connections

References Ocean's Eleven (2001)

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Soundtracks

Murderers
Performed by John Frusciante
Written by John Frusciante

User Reviews

This film is actually brilliant.

I know I only rated it a seven out of ten but that's because I admit this film's faults. It certainly isn't near perfect but I felt very moved by the characters and their story. Lots of people may not be able to relate to this film however those of us that do can say that everything about this depiction of love has been experienced and is real. As a grown single adult living in today's dating world I can attest that the relationship between Murphy and Electra exists. Their obsession with each other and with sex that led them into a deep and possibly unreal infatuation was honest and thought provoking. Love sometimes doesn't make sense and can't be described or made logical. Their connection was what drove them into darkness, madness and despair. Love is completely all consuming on any level it's represented on. So many times have I given myself up for something that a year later I looked back on and couldn't reconcile my behavior, and so many times have I given myself up to something to only sabotage it before it completely devoured me. I don't know if I have been in love, but I have felt what these characters are going through and I wouldn't know what else to call it. In the vein of Harmony Korine and Lars von Trier I think Gasper Noe is a genius. Yes this movie is uncomfortable, yes the acting isn't great and yes the story is dry, but it's a genuine take on what relationships look like for some people in their mid twenties to early thirties and I loved every second of it.