Paint or love
| Movie | |
|---|---|
| German title | Paint or love |
| Original title | Peindre ou faire l'amour |
| Country of production | France |
| original language | French |
| Publishing year | 2005 |
| length | 98 minutes |
| Age rating | FSK 12 |
| Rod | |
| Director |
Arnaud Larrieu , Jean-Marie Larrieu |
| script | Arnaud Larrieu, Jean-Marie Larrieu |
| production |
Philippe Martin , Géraldine Michelot |
| music | Philippe Katerine |
| camera | Christophe Beaucarne |
| cut | Annette Dutertre |
| occupation | |
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Paint or Love (Original title: Peindre ou faire l'amour) is a French comedy film from 2005 . Directed by Arnaud Larrieu and Jean-Marie Larrieu , who also wrote the script.
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William Lasserre is a retired meteorologist and his wife Madeleine works in the real estate business. The couple, who have been married for decades, have a daughter who will grow up and leave home. Madeleine spends her free time painting.
The couple move to an old farm in the country. There they get to know the blind local politician Adam and his wife Eva, with whom they become friends. After a fire in their house, Adam and Eve move into the Lasserres house. There are erotic encounters and partner swaps. Adam and Eve finally emigrate to the South Seas. William and Madeleine want to follow, but when they try to sell their house, they get to know a couple with whom they also swap partners.
Reviews
“The light-handed film celebrates sexual permissiveness and the never-ending flow of desire, telling its frivolous story in subtle images. A typically French comedy with a convincing pair of actors who convey their late excitement in a nuanced manner. "
“'Partner swapping' would be a far too technical term to describe the process that Painting or Love tells of with tender wit. [The] brothers [s] Arnaud and Jean-Marie Larrieu, who directed it, are by no means concerned with breaking taboos. They do not exploit their subject speculatively. Her characters are not ramming swingers who find the kick in rebellion against the norm that keeps their relationship going. The unconventional physicality is rather an expression of a freedom that arises because their affection has become invulnerable. The protagonists not only emerge unscathed, but strengthened from free love. "
“With a good pinch of dry humor, the Larrieu brothers deliver a wonderful comedy relating to everyday life and utopia. Here the filmmakers create a counterpart to Chabrol's works, so to speak , in which evil always lurked behind the bourgeois facade. With great actors, funny dialogues, a fine pinch of irony and of course with gripping eroticism, a typical French film was created that knows how to deal with the topic of sex in a very relaxed manner. "
The US entertainment magazine Variety writes that the film is an "imaginative story" about the thin line between boredom and "unrestrained sensuality". The story was told “in a clever way” and the first names Adam and Eve were not chosen by chance.
Awards
The film was nominated for the Palme d'Or in Cannes in 2005.
backgrounds
The shooting took place in Grenoble and Vercors ( Département Isère ). The world premiere on May 18, 2005 at the Cannes International Film Festival was followed by numerous other film festivals. The film was released on June 15, 2006 in German and Austrian cinemas.
Web links
- To Paint or Make Love in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Paint or loved ones at rotten tomatoes (English)
- Official website
Individual evidence
- ↑ Paint or Love. In: Lexicon of International Films . Film service , accessed March 2, 2017 .
- ↑ Free love at the Berghof , Spiegel Online from June 14, 2006.
- ↑ Paint or love , prisma.de, accessed on November 15, 2018.
- ↑ Lisa Nesselson: To Paint Or Make Love , variety.com, May 18, 2005, accessed November 15, 2018.