Line #11 Film/LoveSongs


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3	''Les Chansons d'amour'' (Love songs in English) is a 2007 musical film directed by Christophe Honoré, starring Creator/LudivineSagnier, [[Film/TheDreamers Louis Garrel]], Clothilde Hesme and Grégoire Leprince-Ringuet.
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5	Julie (Sagnier) and Ismaël (Garrel) form a young and beautiful couple. Ismaël is also attracted to his colleague Alice (Hesme), they resolve this attraction by forming a ménage-à-trois. At first, it is a happy arrangement (albeit not without tensions) until one day...
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7	The movie explores gracefully the turmoils of love and grief. It was noted for its pleasing soundtrack, its very Parisian setting and characters and its references to Creator/JacquesDemy's films.
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10	!!This film provides examples of:
11	* [[BroodingBoyGentleGirl Brooding Boy, Gentle Boy]]: Brooding Ismaël [[spoiler: still deeply affected by Julie's death]] and the sweet Erwann.
12	* DeathOfTheHypotenuse: Subverted. [[spoiler: The death of Julie could have solved the love triangle between her, Alice and Ismaël, but instead Alice and Ismaël go their separate ways.]]
13	* FinalLoveDuet: The song ''J'ai cru entendre...'' (''I thought I heard...'') for Ismaël and Erwann
14	* GayParee: Played straight. Scenic streets of trendy Paris? Check. Young handsome fashionable Parisians? Check. Complicated love/sex stories? Check. But also averted in that the movie avoids the most touristic parts of Paris.
15	* GriefSong: ''Les Yeux au ciel'' (''The eyes to the sky'')
16	* LightFeminineAndDarkFeminine: While their respective personalities don't fall neatly in this trope, Julie and Alice visually qualify.
17	* OnscreenChapterTitles: The story is divided into three chapters: ''The Departure'', ''The Absence'' and ''The Return''.
18	* {{Polyamory}}: Julie and Ismaël resolve Ismaël's attraction to his coworker Alice by forming a ménage à trois [[spoiler: which doesn't survive the first act: when Julie dies, Alice and Ismaël go their separate ways.]]
19	* QuarrelingSong: ''Je n'aime que toi'' (''I only love you''): Julie and Ismaël quarrel about their commitment to each other and Alice tries to bring them back together.
20	--> '''Alice''': Je suis le pont sur la rivière//Qui va de toi à toi... (I am the bridge on the river that goes from you to you...)
21	* [[NationalStereotypes Regional Stereotypes]]: Erwann in his song ''J'ai cru entendre''
22	-->'''Erwann''' : Je suis beau, jeune, et breton, je sens la pluie, l'océan et les crêpes au citron (I am handsome, young and Breton. I smell like the rain, the ocean and lemon crepes).
23	* ShoutOut: To the musical ''Film/TheUmbrellasOfCherbourg.'' Both films have the same OnscreenChapterTitles; furthermore the casting of Chiara Mastroianni as Julie's sister [[ActorAllusion was also seen as an hommage]] to her mother Creator/CatherineDeneuve who played the female lead in ''Film/TheUmbrellasOfCherbourg''.
24	* TallDarkAndHandsome: Dark-haired suave Ismaël sure qualifies and no less than three persons fall in love with him during the movie.

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