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Love Song for Tough Guys

Love Song for Tough Guys

Comedy · 2021

In a port city, the lives of a few isolated people, used to violence, are strongly influenced by the love they feel for each other. Choices, envy, love and tenderness are the driving forces that help these characters to be themselves and give meaning to their lives. A tribute to poetry, theatre and art.

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Love Song for Tough Guys

2021 Comedy 1h 47m

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6.0 / 10

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In a port city, the lives of a few isolated people, used to violence, are strongly influenced by the love they feel for each other. Choices, envy, love and tenderness are the driving forces that help these characters to be themselves and give meaning to their lives. A tribute to poetry, theatre and art.

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Directed by

Samuel Benchetrit

Written by

Gábor Rassov · Samuel Benchetrit

François Damiens

François Damiens

Jeff

Ramzy Bedia

Ramzy Bedia

Neptune

Vanessa Paradis

Vanessa Paradis

Suzanne

Gustave Kervern

Gustave Kervern

Jacky

JoeyStarr

JoeyStarr

Jésus

Valeria Bruni Tedeschi

Valeria Bruni Tedeschi

Katia

Vincent Macaigne

Vincent Macaigne

Eric Lamb

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Put Love Song for Tough Guys on trial.

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

The defence The Adrenaline Seeker

“Its refusal to behave is the point.”

The strange choices create the kind of friction that follows you out of the theatre and into the argument.

The prosecution The Prestige Tourist

“Oddness is not depth.”

A film can break every rule and still leave nothing behind but the memory of how hard it tried to be singular.