Movie Review: Love Songs (Les Chansons d'amour)

"love me less, but love me a long time"

Love Songs (French: Les Chansons d'amour ) is a French 2007 film by Christophe Honoré. It was one of the 20 films running for the Featured Films competition at the 2007 Cannes Film Festival, a musical about love, life and death starring Louis Garrel, Ludivine Sagnier and Chiara Mastroianni.

This was the last of the 3 movies I watched last Saturday.

The movie has three parts.

Part One: The Departure

It talked about the struggle of a couple to revive their relationship.

Julie and Ismael got involved in a threesome with a lady named Alice. It was a girl-boy-girl relationship where Alice is more of a mediator when the two has petty misunderstandings.

Part Two: Absence

This part talked about how a family copes up with a member's absence. It also talked about how a loving beau struggles to bring back his life after one very sudden event.

Ismael could not bear staying at his flat because of what happened in Part One, so he sought help from Alice. He stayed at Gwendal's place where he met Gwendal's brother, Erwann.

Part Three: The Return
This part will make you realize that there is a light at the end of the tunnel. No man ever can survive on his own. It also showcased that it is easier to go through life if you remain true to yourself.

Erwann made Ismael realize the reason why his relationship with Julie was a mess. This highlighted the emancipation of Ismael after all that has happened in his life for the past months.

I really like the OST of this movie. Chiqui downloaded the whole album and I have been listening to it all day.

Here is the movie trailer.






I enjoyed the movie because of its simplicity. It is very straight-forward, fast-paced and blatant.

The plot is very simple but when you go out of the movie house, it will make you think about a lot of things. It will make you reevaluate your life and appreciate the importance of the people who care for you. It will make you realize that YOU are important to their worlds.

And that's what matters.

PS. Send me a PM if you want a copy of the album.