The Names of Love

The Names of Love

100 mins | Drama, Comedy, Romance | Nov. 24, 2010

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.

The Names of Love

100 mins | Drama, Comedy, Romance | Nov. 24, 2010

The Names of Love
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.
IMDb rating 7.1
Producers Canal+, TPS Star, Delante Films, TF1 Droits Audiovisuels
Original title Le Nom des gens
Directors Michel Leclerc
Writers Baya Kasmi, Michel Leclerc

Cast

Jacques Gamblin

as Arthur Martin

Sara Forestier

as Bahia Benmahmoud

Zinedine Soualem

as Mohamed Benmahmoud, le père de Bahia

Jacques Boudet

as Lucien Martin, le père d'Arthur

Carole Franck

as Cécile Benhmamoud, la mère de Bahia

Michèle Moretti

as Annette Martin, la mère d'Arthur

Julia Vaidis-Bogard

as Annette à 30 ans

Nabil Massad

as Nassim

Zakariya Gouram

as Hassan Hassini

Adrien Stoclet

as Arthur Martin adolescent

Camille Gigot

as Arthur Martin enfant

Laura Genovino

as Bahia Benmahmoud enfant

Rose Marit

as Annette enfant

Yann Goven

as Le pianiste

Camille Chalons

as Une ado, la première copine d'Arthur

Delphine Baril

as La femme qui n'a jamais voté

Georges Benoît

as Le professeur de piano

Lionel Jospin

as Himself