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Baya Benmahmoud (Sara Forestier), a young, extroverted liberal, lives by the old hippie slogan: "Make love, not war" to convert right-wing men to her left-wing political causes by sleeping with them. She seduces many and so far has received exceptional results - until she meets Arthur Martin (Jacques Gamblin), a Jewish middle aged, middle-of-the road scientist. Bound by common tragic family histories (the Algerian War and Holocaust under Vichy), the duo improbably fall in love. Amid the bubbly amour, humorous lasciviousness and moments of sheer madness, filmmaker Michel Leclerc injects satirical riffs on such hot-button sociopolitical issues as Arab-Jewish relations, anti-Semitism, immigration, and racial and cultural identity.

  • Release date:June 24, 2011

Cast

Jacques Gamblin
as Arthur Martin
Sara Forestier
as Bahia Benmahmoud
Zinedine Soualem
as Mohamed Benmahmoud
Carole Franck
as Cecile Benmahmoud
Jacques Boudet
as Lucien Martin
Michèle Moretti
as Annette Martin

Crew

Michel Leclerc
Director
Antoine Rein
Producer
Caroline Adrian
Producer
Fabrice Goldstein
Producer
Michel Leclerc
Screenwriter
Vincent Mathias
Cinematographer
Jerome Bensoussan
Composer (Music Score)
Nathalie Hubert
Editor
Jean-Marc Tran Tan Ba
Production Designer
Emmanuel Augeard
Sound/Sound Designer
Sophie Laloy
Sound/Sound Designer
Marianne Germain
Production Manager
Mathieu Vaillant
Assistant Director
Milou Sanner
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