

The Names of Love
2010-11-24 · 100 min · ★ 7.2
Bahia Benmahmoud, a free-spirited young woman, has a particular way of seeing political engagement, as she doesn't hesitate to sleep with those who don't agree with her to convert them to her cause - which is a lot of people, as all right-leaning people are concerned. Generally, it works pretty well. Until the day she meets Arthur Martin, a discreet forty-something who doesn't like taking risks. She imagines that with a name like that, he's got to be slightly fascist. But names are deceitful and appearances deceiving.
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Production details
- Directors
- Michel Leclerc
- Production companies
- Delante Films, TF1 Droits Audiovisuels, TPS Star, Canal+
- Countries
- France
- Status
- Released
- Budget
- USD 4,600,000
Top Cast
Jacques GamblinArthur Martin
Sara ForestierBahia Benmahmoud
Zinedine SoualemMohamed Benmahmoud, le père de Bahia
Jacques BoudetLucien Martin, le père d'Arthur
Carole FranckCécile Benhmamoud, la mère de Bahia
Michèle MorettiAnnette Martin, la mère d'Arthur
Nabil MassadNassim
Zakariya GouramHassan Hassini
Adrien StocletArthur Martin adolescent
Laura GenovinoBahia Benmahmoud enfant
Yann GovenLe pianiste
Camille ChalonsUne ado, la première copine d'Arthur
Delphine BarilLa femme qui n'a jamais voté
Georges BenoîtLe professeur de piano
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