In Praise of Love(ÉLOGE DE L'AMOUR)
Dir: Jean-Luc Godard
France/Switzerland, 2001, French, 99mins, DCP
Cast: Bruno Putzulu, Cécile Camp, Jean Davy, Françoise Verny
Returning to Paris and shooting in monochrome, Godard tells the story of Edgar, an artist working on a project about how love evolves at different stages in life. Multiple love stories unfold through Edgar's project and his relationship with ‘Elle’ (‘Her’), a working-class intellectual who opposes her grandparents selling the true story of their involvement in the French Resistance to Hollywood producers. Reversing conventional expectations, an extended flashback that details Edgar's initial encounter with ‘Elle’ in Brittany is shot in colour on digital video, as Godard meditates on love, resistance, and the past as both memory and history.
Cannes Film Festival: In Competition
PREMIERE Elements (Venue)
Hong Kong Arts Centre Louis Koo Cinema (Venue)
HK Science Museum Lecture Hall
Hong Kong Film Archive
K11 Art House
The Metroplex
Festival Grand Cinema
the sky
MCL Telford Cinema
Tai Kwun
MOViE MOViE
CINE FAN ONLINE
EMP Cinemas iSQUARE (Venue)
M+ Cinema (Venue)
EMP Cinemas Times Square (Venue)
The Grand Cinema
Broadway Hollywood
Cine Moko
Chinese Subtitles
Category III
Post-screening discussion with the director
Director and/or actor(s) will meet the audience
Post-screening talk
Full House
Introduction