With Love... from the Age of Reason

2010 1h 29m FR

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5.5

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★5.5TMDB · 122

ComedyRomance

Synopsis

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The day she turns 40, Marguerite Flora, a successful rep for a nuclear power company, begins receiving letters she'd sent to herself at age seven. The letters tell her what to do if her life hasn't turned out the way she thought it should, when she was living in poverty with her mother and brother in a small village in southern France. She decides to go back to her birthplace to get the lawyer to stop the letters, but also to visit her childhood sweetheart and her long-forgotten brother, in order to find peace within herself.

“Some stories are better left unspoiled.”

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Cast

Sophie Marceau
Margaret / Marguerite
Jonathan Zaccaï
Philibert
Marton Csokas
Malcolm
Michel Duchaussoy
Mérignac
Thierry Hancisse
Mathieu
Déborah Marique
La maman de Marguerite
Emmanuelle Grönvold
De Lorca
Juliette Chappey
Marguerite Flore enfant

Credits

Behind the camera

Director: Yann Samuell
Writers: Yann Samuell
Languages: Italian, French, English
Countries: France, Belgium

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RUNTIME

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89 minutes exactly — the "classic feature" runtime most directors aim for.

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ERA

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Released 16 years ago.

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WORLD

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Dialogue crosses 3 languages: Italian, French, English.

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WORLD

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International production across 2 countries: France, Belgium.

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DIRECTOR

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Directed by Yann Samuell, shot by Antoine Roch. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.

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DIRECTOR

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Original score by Cyrille Aufort. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.

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DIRECTOR

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Editor Andrea Sedláčková shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.

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CAST

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Sophie Marceau and Jonathan Zaccaï and Marton Csokas carry the top of the cast.

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Cinephile deep dive

The take

Yann Samuell directs. Antoine Roch behind the camera. Cyrille Aufort scores. Andrea Sedláčková cuts. Runs lean at under 100 minutes. Produced in France, Belgium. Dialogue in Italian, French, English.

Trivia

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189 minutes exactly — the "classic feature" runtime most directors aim for.
2Released 16 years ago.
3Dialogue crosses 3 languages: Italian, French, English.
4International production across 2 countries: France, Belgium.
5Directed by Yann Samuell, shot by Antoine Roch. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.
6Original score by Cyrille Aufort. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.
7Editor Andrea Sedláčková shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.
8Sophie Marceau and Jonathan Zaccaï and Marton Csokas carry the top of the cast.
9IMDB entry: tt1594503 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
10Classified under 9 themes, including "france", "clarinet", "letter", "romance".