If It Were Love

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If It Were Love

2020

1h 22m

Documentary

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Professional dancers develop relationships while on tour.

Peter Bradshaw

Guardian

02/08/2021

3/5

If It Were Love is probably more of a festival event film than anything, but it is valuable and pregnant with ideas.

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Rich Cline

Shadows on the Wall

02/19/2021

4/5

In addition to the elaborate interaction on-stage, filmmaker Patric Chiha is also exploring how these performers relate to each other behind the scenes, skilfully finding the points where their characters blur with who they really are.

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Enric Albero

Caimán Cuadernos de Cine

11/13/2020

Austrian director Patric Chiha makes the camera melt with the piece's rhythms. [Full review in Spanish]

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Anna McKibbin

One Room With A View

11/04/2020

3/5

Chiha is intrigued by how connections are fostered in spaces where vulnerability is necessitated. For the most part, the film is successful in earnestly exploring these topics, but the lethargic pace undermines.

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Emily Maskell

Flip Screen

10/29/2020

The value of human touch is a craving more visceral, having been deprived of it. Both Crowd and, subsequently, If It Were Love are wonderfully bold in their approaches to the nuance of vulnerable human connection.

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Tom Beasley

Flickering Myth

10/21/2020

3/5

It's a treat for those fascinated by bodily contortions and musical mania.

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Synopsis

Professional dancers develop relationships while on tour.

Director: Patric Chiha
Producer: Katia Khazak, Charlotte Vincent
Production Co: Aurora Films
Genre: Documentary
Original Language: French (France)
Runtime: 1h 22m