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The Nature of Love

Horizons 2023 / Simple comme Sylvain / Canada, France 2023

The Nature of Love The Nature of Love

Synopsis

A peaceful life without sex is better than a relationship which is all passion and arguments. That’s Xavier’s opinion yet, as soon becomes obvious, his view is certainly not shared by Sophia, his partner of several years. One afternoon she finds she can’t resist the electrifying magnetism of Sylvain, an unselfconscious maintenance man, who is hired to renovate their weekend house. What follows is an instant sexual rapport, coupled with an explosion of suppressed desire. Monia Chokri turns a film about love into a searingly brisk tragicomedy offering a fresh perspective on the shortcomings of monogamy; likewise she chooses the woman as the subject through which we experience eroticism and sensuality in the film.

Sandra Hezinová

About the film

110 min / Color, DCP

Director Monia Chokri / Screenplay Monia Chokri / Dir. of Photography André Turpin / Music Émile Sornin / Sound François Grenon, Julien Roig, Olivier Guillaume / Editor Pauline Gaillard / Art Director Colombe Raby / Producer Nancy Grant, Sylvain Corbeil / Production Metafilms, MK Productions / Cast Magalie Lépine-Blondeau, Pierre-Yves Cardinal, Francis-William Rhéaume / Sales mk2 Films / Distributor Artcam Films

About the director

Monia Chokri

Monia Chokri (1982, Quebec). Selected filmography: An Extraordinary Person (Quelqu'un d'extraordinaire, 2013, short), Babysitter (2022), The Nature of Love (Simple comme Sylvain, 2023).

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mk2 Films
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Czech Republic
Phone: +420 221 411 619
Fax: +420 221 411 699
E-mail: [email protected]

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