The Nature of Love (2024)
Director: Monia Chokri Run Time: 112 min. Release Year: 2023
Starring: Francis-William Rhéaume, Magalie Lépine-Blondeau, Monia Chokri, Pierre-Yves Cardinal, Steve Laplante
Country: Canada, France
Language: French
About the film:
World Premiere, Cannes Film Festival 2023.
North American Premiere, Toronto International Film Festival 2023.
Sophia, a 40-year-old philosophy professor, has been in a stable and conventional marriage to Xavier for a decade. From gallery openings to endless dinner parties, ten years have already flown by. When Sophia meets Sylvain, a craftsman renovating the couple’s new country house, Sophia’s world is turned upside down. The two begin a passionate affair fueled by their irresistible physical connection. However, Sophia comes from a wealthy family of intellectuals, while Sylvain comes from a working-class family of manual workers. As they get to know each other on a deeper level, Sophia begins to question her own values after abandoning herself to her great romantic impulses.
“As sharp and perceptive as it is funny.”
—Wendy Ide, Screen Daily
About the filmmaker:
Monia Chokri is a Canadian filmmaker and actor who learned her craft at Montreal’s Conservatory of Dramatic Arts. She made her directorial debut in 2013 with the short film An Extraordinary Person. The film won numerous prizes, including Prix Jutra for Best Short Film and the Grand Jury Prize of the South by Southwest Festival in 2014. She wrote and directed A Brother’s Love (2019), her first feature film, which was hailed in the Un Certain Regard section of the 2019 Cannes Film Festival. Her second feature film, Babysitter (2022), was shown at the 2022 Sundance Film Festival. Her new feature film, The Nature of Love (2023), premiered in the Un Certain Regard section of Cannes Film Festival 2023.
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