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a sincere and seductive film or a flashy catch-all?


In his new production, Gilles Lellouche mixes feverish romance and gangster stories, around Adèle Exarchopoulos and François Civil. And divides the editorial staff.

Jackie and Clotaire, two stubborn people madly in love (Adèle Exarchopoulos and François Civil). Photo Cédric Bertrand/Trésor Films/Chi-Fou-Mi Productions/Shelter Prod/Artémis Productions/France 2 Cinéma

By Frédéric Strauss Samuel Douhaire

Published on October 15, 2024 at 5:30 p.m.

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r FOR: A great declaration of love for cinema

He earned his stripes as a director by inviting us into Le Grand Bain (2018) but this time, it’s him who takes the plunge. With L’Amour ouf, Gilles Lellouche opens his heart and takes the risk of true generosity: he films everything he loves, he loves everything he films and, after two hours and forty minutes, he is not out of breath. A shared joy runs through this film, like a fervor which accompanies its loving couple, Clotaire and Jackie, high school students from the 1980s, reunited then separated by life, deprived of the happiness which has grown within them and only awaits spring back. Gilles Lellouche,

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