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The Nature of Love

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Sophia, a 40-year-old philosophy professor, has been in a stable and conventional marriage to Xavier for a decade. From gallery openings to endless dinner parties, ten years have flown by. When Sophia meets Sylvain, a craftsman renovating the couple's new country house, Sophia's world is turned upside down. The two begin a passionate affair fueled by their irresistible physical connection. However, Sophia comes from a wealthy family of intellectuals, while Sylvain comes from a working-class family of manual workers. As they get to know each other on a deeper level, Sophia begins to question her own values after abandoning herself to her great romantic impulses. Director Monia Chokri delivers a smart and sexy romantic comedy, infusing it with spiky energy and fresh perspective, upending genre and gender conventions.
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Capturing the spontaneity of love in all its messy highs and lows, this naturalistic romantic comedy provides fresh and modern insight to classic tropes.

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Christian Zilko IndieWire 07/08/2024
A-
Monia Chokri‘s brilliant feature is one of the sharpest cinematic examinations of the paradoxical expectations we place on our relationships in the 21st century. Go to Full Review Peyton Robinson RogerEbert.com 07/07/2024
4/4
Steamy affairs and love triangles are not a recent cinematic invention ... but Chokri takes the familiar subject matter and crafts it with the whimsy of old and the depth of new. Go to Full Review Kevin Maher The Times (UK) 07/05/2024
3/5
A film that’s somehow sensitively enough directed by Chokri to make this extramarital relationship fizz and crackle beyond the usual smutty clichés. Go to Full Review Steve Erickson Arts Fuse 08/05/2024
Director Monia Chokri finds a language for communicating Sophia’s desire without putting her body on display. Go to Full Review Matt Pais MattPais.com 08/05/2024
C
Feels like such a duplication of the insights of “Take This Waltz,” while also struggling to even engage its own ideas, that it borders on pointless. Go to Full Review Brittany Patrice Witherspoon Pop Culture Reviews 07/26/2024
4/5
The Nature of Love is bold, charming, and funny in how it captures complacency in relationships and what happens when a woman craves more adventure and passion. Go to Full Review Read all reviews

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Kevin L @Lakeman Oct 2 Similar in some ways, "The Nature of Love" is a superior version of "Unfaithful" and some other similar films built on the wanderings of those in committed relationships who become utterly enthralled by someone else who has characteristics unlike those of their partner. This new person is likely more intense, passionate about subjects that are esp. interesting and exciting. And course, sexually arousing to the point of obsession. But is it love, or more like a very powerful lust; filling some gap(s) one might be missing out on being more fulfilled in. Great performances by leads Magalie Lépine Blondeau and Pierre-Yves Cardinal. Writer/director Monia Chokri weaves a potent tale of drifting souls, new 'love' of a sort, lustful possession, but also shows us some hard realities. There's the way ppl can be brutal to their partners. There's the ways we can drift apart slowly as love become more like committed friendship. And the way we can drift apart by the harsh deterioration of the mind. 3.4 stars See more Achille C 10/24/2024 The story is intriguing and captures the viewer's attention. It highlights well the problems of a new relationship based solely on physical attraction. I liked it a lot. See more Rory M 08/18/2024 Electric chemistry. Fair and realistic take on the 'nature of love'. Circumstance, attraction and compatibility all have their parts to play. Chokri's lusciously filmed feature shows some of these factors can sustain bonds long or short, intimate or distanced. Driven home by compelling lead performances, you are left wondering whether we need them all to keep the candle burning See more Read all reviews
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Monia Chokri

Director

Magalie Lépine Blondeau

Sophia

Pierre-Yves Cardinal

Sylvain

Monia Chokri

Françoise

Francis-William Rhéaume

Xavier

Steve Laplante

Philippe

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Synopsis Sophia, a 40-year-old philosophy professor, has been in a stable and conventional marriage to Xavier for a decade. From gallery openings to endless dinner parties, ten years have flown by. When Sophia meets Sylvain, a craftsman renovating the couple's new country house, Sophia's world is turned upside down. The two begin a passionate affair fueled by their irresistible physical connection. However, Sophia comes from a wealthy family of intellectuals, while Sylvain comes from a working-class family of manual workers. As they get to know each other on a deeper level, Sophia begins to question her own values after abandoning herself to her great romantic impulses. Director Monia Chokri delivers a smart and sexy romantic comedy, infusing it with spiky energy and fresh perspective, upending genre and gender conventions.
Director
Monia Chokri
Producer
Sylvain Corbeil, Nancy Grant, Nathanaël Karmitz, Elisha Karmitz
Screenwriter
Monia Chokri
Distributor
Music Box Films
Production Co
Metafilms, MK Productions
Genre
Comedy, Drama, Romance
Original Language
French
Release Date (Theaters)
Jul 5, 2024, Limited
Release Date (Streaming)
Aug 13, 2024
Box Office (Gross USA)
$24.1K
Runtime
1h 51m
Aspect Ratio
Flat (1.85:1)
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