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An Affair of Love

An Affair of Love

Romance · Drama · 1999

A man and a woman meet to fulfill her sexual fantasy.

Movie details

An Affair of Love

1999 Romance · Drama 1h 20m

Critical arithmetic

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TMDB

6.3 / 10

Community rating

A man and a woman meet to fulfill her sexual fantasy.

CriticWise case file

What this film says about your taste.

Not a recommendation score. A measure of how closely the film’s taste signals resemble yours.

The archetype split

Who fights over An Affair of Love?

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Names above the title

The people responsible.

Directed by

Frédéric Fonteyne

Written by

Philippe Blasband

Nathalie Baye

Nathalie Baye

Her

Sergi López

Sergi López

Him

Jacques Viala

Jacques Viala

Interviewer (voice)

Paul Pavel

Paul Pavel

Joseph Lignaux

S

Sylvie Van Den Elsen

Madame Lignaux

P

Pierre Gerranio

Hotel receptionist

Hervé Sogne

Hervé Sogne

Ambulance driver

Court is in session

Put An Affair of Love on trial.

Two incompatible taste archetypes. One film. Read the arguments, then issue a completely binding cultural ruling.

The defence The Prestige Tourist

“Sincerity is not manipulation.”

The film risks embarrassment to make emotion communal, and that openness is harder than fashionable detachment.

The prosecution The Popcorn Loyalist

“The strings are showing.”

Every cue tells you exactly what to feel and when, leaving sentiment to do the work character should have done.