Names of Love, The

Synopsis
Free-spirited Arab liberal Baya (Sara Forestier) uses seduction to covert conservative men to her left-wing lifestyle, but finds herself falling for apolitical, middle-aged Jewish scientist Arthur after bonding with him over the Algerian War and the Holocaust.

Reviews
3.5 stars out of 5 -- "THE NAMES OF LOVE is a fresh romantic comedy that demonstrates the French affinity for mixing genre....This film is full of clever surprises." (Box Office)

"[T]here's a sharp commentary on French prejudices, character types, history, and culture embedded in Michel Leclerc's droll autobiographical comedy." -- Grade: B+ (Entertainment Weekly)

"[A] sharp-witted, sometimes surreal and largely autobiographical French-language comedy..." (Wall Street Journal)

3 stars out of 4 -- "Sara Forestier is uninhibited in the role and has great comic energy." (Chicago Sun-Times)

"[Ms. Forestier] is the spark plug igniting a movie that has the tone and structure of early-to-middle Woody Allen, but infused with a dose of Gallic identity politics." (New York Times)

3 stars out of 4 -- "It's a playfully sexy farce that plays like a Gallic ANNIE HALL..." (Washington Post)