Along Came Love movie storyline. Madeleine, a working-class waitress, and François, a wealthy intellectual, meet in the years immediately following World War II and build a fragile but loving lifetime relationship even though each is carrying personal secrets.
Madeleine’s young son Daniel was conceived in a casual relationship with a German soldier, which left her branded as a “collabo” and exiled from her home community; while François is bisexual, and was previously in a relationship with a man.[2] Jimmy, an American soldier, is an object of attraction and desire for both Madeleine and François, and ironically provides the key to stability in their marriage.
Along Came Love (French: Le Temps d’aimer) is a 2023 Belgian-French drama film directed by Katell Quillévéré. The film stars Anaïs Demoustier, Vincent Lacoste, Hélios Karyo, Josse Capet, Paul Beaurepaire, Morgan Bailey, Margot Ringard Oldra, Ambre Gollut, Luc Bataini, Virginie Tardy, Évelyne Tardy and Marc Brunet. The screenplay was written by Katell Quillévéré and Gilles Taurand.
The film premiered in the Cannes Premieres program at the 2023 Cannes Film Festival, where it was in contention for the Queer Palm. Commercial release is currently slated for November 29, 2023 ir France and Belgium.
About the Film
In her fourth feature film, Katell Quillévéré draws on her own family history in a tale of love that spans the years: a couple haunted by secrets in post-war puritanical, homophobic France. Powered by performances from Anaïs Demoustier and Vincent Lacoste, Le Temps d’aimer (Along Came Love) is a reminder that love can rise above the norms and conventions of society.
It’s a film that urges us to reflect on the fragility of individual freedoms and how they can come under attack at any given time. It struck me as important to explore a time in which homosexuality was a crime. It’s a way of illustrating everything we’ve gained, the social struggles we’ve won, including rights for women, and everything we stand to lose. We need to continue protecting what has already been secured.
What’s interesting about the fifties is that it was a post-war period in which people all had hidden wounds. They were haunted by death and regret. It’s a very inspiring time from a fiction perspective. It was also a very restrictive era, very puritanical. It provides a setting and stage for the film’s central themes: deception, shame, love and sexuality. The film is structured as a dialogue between past and present.
Katell Quillévéré wanted to connect them with characters beyond their own experiences, personalities they hadn’t yet had a chance to play. I was adamant that viewers forget they were watching Vincent Lacoste and Anaïs Demoustier. Vincent embarked on a very sensitive composition process for this film, and she feel he succeeded in getting to the heart of the character’s intimate truth. And Anaïs had a very challenging script to work with, because Madeleine inspires mixed reactions. She was very impressed with Anaïs’ incredible precision and depth. Actors are colleagues on a whole other level: She let them get involved, She is open to them prompting me to change my mind regarding certain scenes or dialogues, because they’re in their characters’ skin.
Along Came Love (2023)
Le Temps d’aimer
Directed by: Katell Quillévéré
Starring: Anaïs Demoustier, Vincent Lacoste, Hélios Karyo, Josse Capet, Paul Beaurepaire, Morgan Bailey, Margot Ringard Oldra, Ambre Gollut, Luc Bataini, Virginie Tardy, Évelyne Tardy, Marc Brunet
Screenplay by: Katell Quillévéré, Gilles Taurand
Production Design by: Eva Curia, François-Xavier Willems
Cinematography by: Tom Harari
Film Editing by: Jean-Baptiste Morin
Set Decoration by: Camille Bougon-Pigneul, Virginie Destiné
Art Direction by: Edwige Boutet
Makeup Department: Laura Bernard, Agathe Bernardon
Music by: Amin Bouhafa
MPAA Rating: None.
Distributed by: Gaumont (France), Cinéart (Belgium)
Release Date: May 20, 2023 (Cannes)
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