The Names of Love is a 2010 French film, directed by Michel Leclerc, written by Leclerc and Bya Kismi, and produced by Antoine Rein, Fabrice Goldstein

Fabrice Goldstein

Fabrice Goldstein is a French cinema producer.His film The Names of Love produced by Goldstein, Antoine Rein, and Caroline Adrian was awarded two César Awards in 2011, including best female lead for Sara Forestier and best writing.- Movies :...

 and Caroline Adrian.

Production background

The film was awarded two César Award

César Award

The César Award is the national film award of France, first given out in 1975. The nominations are selected by the members of the Académie des arts et techniques du cinéma....

s in 2011

César Awards 2011

The 36th Annual César Awards ceremony was held by the Académie des Arts et Techniques du Cinéma to honor its selection of the best films of 2010 on February 25, 2011. Jodie Foster was the President of the awards...

, including best female lead

César Award for Best Actress

List of winners and nominees of the César Award for Best Actress .-Winners and nominees:...

 for Sara Forestier

Sara Forestier

Sara Forestier is a French actress who lives in Paris. She began her film career in 2001 and received a César Award for Most Promising Actress in Games of Love and Chance...

 and best writing

César Award for Best Writing

This is the list of winners and nominees of the César Award for Best Writing .-1975–1979:*1975: Bertrand Tavernier, Jean Aurenche: Que la fête commence...

.

The former French Prime Minister Lionel Jospin

Lionel Jospin

Lionel Jospin is a French politician, who served as Prime Minister of France from 1997 to 2002.Jospin was the Socialist Party candidate for President of France in the elections of 1995 and 2002. He was narrowly defeated in the final runoff election by Jacques Chirac in 1995...

 makes a cameo appearance.

Plot

The film is semi-biographical, documenting the life of a young woman who uses sex as a weapon to influence right-wing individuals and conservative Muslims. Bahia Benmahmoud (Sara Forestier

Sara Forestier

Sara Forestier is a French actress who lives in Paris. She began her film career in 2001 and received a César Award for Most Promising Actress in Games of Love and Chance...

), a young left-wing activist, sleeps with her political opponents in order to manipulate them to her cause until she finds her match in Arthur Martin (Jacques Gamblin

Jacques Gamblin

Jacques Gamblin is a French actor.He was born in Granville, Manche. He studied at the Centre dramatique de Caen before he tried to film in Paris.-Filmography:*Périgord Noir...

).

Cast

• Jacques Gamblin
  Jacques Gamblin
  Jacques Gamblin is a French actor.He was born in Granville, Manche. He studied at the Centre dramatique de Caen before he tried to film in Paris.-Filmography:*Périgord Noir...
  
   as Arthur Martin
• Sara Forestier
  Sara Forestier
  Sara Forestier is a French actress who lives in Paris. She began her film career in 2001 and received a César Award for Most Promising Actress in Games of Love and Chance...
  
   as Bahia Benmahmoud
• Zinedine Soualem
  Zinedine Soualem
  Zinedine Soualem is an award-winning French film actor. He has appeared in at least five films directed by Cédric Klapisch.-Selected filmography:* JCVD * The Names of Love * Nothing to Declare...
  
   as Mohamed Benhmamoud
• Carole Franck as Cécile Delivet Benmahmoud
• Jacques Boudet
  Jacques Boudet
  Jacques Boudet is a French stage and screen actor. He had great success in the 1980s with his appearance in Exercises in Style, and is featured in the film The Names of Love ....
  
   as Lucien Martin
• Michèle Moretti as Annette Martin
• Zakariya Gouram as Hassan Hassini
• Lionel Jospin
  Lionel Jospin
  Lionel Jospin is a French politician, who served as Prime Minister of France from 1997 to 2002.Jospin was the Socialist Party candidate for President of France in the elections of 1995 and 2002. He was narrowly defeated in the final runoff election by Jacques Chirac in 1995...
  
  as himself