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From Jean-Luc Godard comes Eloge de l'amour, an intelligent, visually ravishing, witty meditation on life, love and popular culture. Shot in a dazzling combination of luminous black and white celluloid and state of the art colour saturated digital video, Eloge de l'amour concerns an author (Bruno Putzulu) and the beautiful .. Read more

Starring	Bruno Putzulu, Cecile Camp, Francoise Verny, Jean Davy
Director	Jean-Luc Godard
Genres	Drama, World Cinema

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- "...The performances are fresh and uninhibited....ELOGE DE L'AMOUR is its director's most substantial feature for some time..."
- 10061
- - Sight and Sound
  - 11 Mar 2005 at 12:59
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  In praise of what??
  
  This is a thick, multi-layered film that is not really a film more a meditation on both film, what it means to tell a story and how a story relates to life. ... read more »
  
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  - William Johnson
  - leamington
  - 14 Oct 2004 at 12:24
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  Film noir, non, le film prententieux.
  
  That's all I have to say, or it would be but I have to type 20 words apparently. In my view, unwatchable prententious drivel!
  
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- - stratman
  - 4 reviews
  - Norwich
  - 10 May 2010 at 17:54
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  - 2
  eloge de l'amour
  
  I was looking forward to watching this film of Goddard, but was very disappointed at its pretentiousness. It reminded me of an 'art' film of the 60s or ... read more »
  
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- - carolinwales
  - 33 reviews
  - Oswestry
  - 11 Jan 2010 at 10:18
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  - 2
  In Praise of...?
  
  Like several other reviewers, I have read the critics' reviews and selected this film because of its high rating, but am just as baffled as they are. Yes, ... read more »
  
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- - a customer
  - Coventry
  - 22 Sep 2008 at 20:39
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  ...and visually stunning. Godard's "Eloge De L'Amour" is all of these things. The film requires at least two viewings; I couldn't make ... read more »
  
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- - a customer
  - UK
  - 23 Jun 2008 at 15:22
- - 5
  - 1
  Pretentious Drivel
  
  Pretentious Drivel - as usual from this director.
  
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- - Dan Williams
  - Essex UK
  - 28 Sep 2006 at 23:46
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  L'ennui
  
  Hard for a relatively casual viewer to see the genius in this film, very slow, effectively no story and black and white just annoys me I'm afraid. Not ... read more »
  
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- - Maxfactor
  - 8 reviews
  - London
  - 03 Nov 2005 at 18:45
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  ....of course, I meant
  
  Trying to understand this movie took so much effort that I got me French new-wave directors mixed-up. Doncha just hate it when that happens?
  
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- - hammer99
  - 27 reviews
  - Chelmsford
  - 31 Oct 2005 at 23:35
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  Truffaut's having a laugh with us!
  
  This film has most of the essentials of great European art cinema, many of which were innovated by Truffaut himself. Sumptuous atmosphere and photography, fine ... read more »
  
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- - hammer99
  - 27 reviews
  - Chelmsford
  - 31 Oct 2005 at 14:27
- - 4
  - 0
  In praise of love
  
  Yes, that is the english translation of this film's title. What you see on the screen, however, appears to have very little to do with love. Godard has a ... read more »
  
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- - Zamy
  - 552 reviews
  - London
  - 14 Jan 2005 at 14:57
- - 11
  - 1
  In praise of what??
  
  This is a thick, multi-layered film that is not really a film more a meditation on both film, what it means to tell a story and how a story relates to life. ... read more »
  
  Report this review
- 21740
- - William Johnson
  - leamington
  - 14 Oct 2004 at 12:24
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- - 11
  - 1
  In praise of what??
  
  This is a thick, multi-layered film that is not really a film more a meditation on both film, what it means to tell a story and how a story relates to life. ... read more »
  
  Report this review
- 21740
- [Highly rated reviewer]
  - William Johnson
  - leamington
  - 14 Oct 2004 at 12:24
- - 5
  - 1
  Pretentious Drivel
  
  Pretentious Drivel - as usual from this director.
  
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- 290154
- - Dan Williams
  - Essex UK
  - 28 Sep 2006 at 23:46
- - 4
  - 0
  In praise of love
  
  Yes, that is the english translation of this film's title. What you see on the screen, however, appears to have very little to do with love. Godard has a ... read more »
  
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- - Zamy
  - 552 reviews
  - London
  - 14 Jan 2005 at 14:57
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  A fine return for Godard
  
  At last, you might sigh, a Godard film you can watch AND enjoy, without having to worry about having your Revolutionary Cap on, contemporary philosophers ... read more »
  
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- - Sukyaneer
  - London
  - 14 Feb 2004 at 20:35
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  - 0
  ....of course, I meant
  
  Trying to understand this movie took so much effort that I got me French new-wave directors mixed-up. Doncha just hate it when that happens?
  
  Report this review
- 168441
- - hammer99
  - 27 reviews
  - Chelmsford
  - 31 Oct 2005 at 23:35
- - 0
  - 0
  L'ennui
  
  Hard for a relatively casual viewer to see the genius in this film, very slow, effectively no story and black and white just annoys me I'm afraid. Not ... read more »
  
  Report this review
- 169699
- - Maxfactor
  - 8 reviews
  - London
  - 03 Nov 2005 at 18:45
- - 0
  - 0
  You have to be a die-hard Godard fan for this one
  
  We did not finish this one. Having seen Band a Part and Bout de Souffle and enjoyed these very much, we leapt into the Godard future with this one. It was ... read more »
  
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- - wickedwitch
  - London
  - 02 Sep 2004 at 21:19
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  - 0
  Customer Review
  
  ...and visually stunning. Godard's "Eloge De L'Amour" is all of these things. The film requires at least two viewings; I couldn't make ... read more »
  
  Report this review
- 579509
- - a customer
  - UK
  - 23 Jun 2008 at 15:22
- - 1
  - 1
  Film noir, non, le film prententieux.
  
  That's all I have to say, or it would be but I have to type 20 words apparently. In my view, unwatchable prententious drivel!
  
  Report this review
- 890343
- - stratman
  - 4 reviews
  - Norwich
  - 10 May 2010 at 17:54
- - 0
  - 1
  Truffaut's having a laugh with us!
  
  This film has most of the essentials of great European art cinema, many of which were innovated by Truffaut himself. Sumptuous atmosphere and photography, fine ... read more »
  
  Report this review
- 168164
- - hammer99
  - 27 reviews
  - Chelmsford
  - 31 Oct 2005 at 14:27

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Critics' reviews
- "...The performances are fresh and uninhibited....ELOGE DE L'AMOUR is its director's most substantial feature for some time..."
- 10061
- - Sight and Sound
  - 11 Mar 2005 at 12:59
- The wilful difficulty of Godard lost him his English audience with 1987's King Lear. Though hardly a conventional... read more on Time Out
- 44711
- - Time Out
  - 04 Nov 2008 at 00:15
- "...Polemical and playful, this is the work of an artist still inspired by cinema's expressive possibilities..."
- 10062
- - Total Film
  - 11 Mar 2005 at 12:59

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  From Jean-Luc Godard comes Eloge de l'amour, an intelligent, visually ravishing, witty meditation on life, love and popular culture. Shot in a dazzling combination of luminous black and white celluloid and state of the art colour saturated digital video, Eloge de l'amour concerns an author (Bruno ...