Beloved

Who do you love (today)?
Director Christophe Honore has created his epic with "Beloved": a 2.5 hour intergenerational story of love and infidelity, with major French cinema stars, done in his signature style of movie musical. Approaching this as a fan of French cinema but not necessarily an Honore fan, I think there is much at which he succeeds. He beautifully recreates the street scenes, fashions and mores of Paris and Prague in the 1960s, as well as the decades which follow. He gets strong performances from most of his cast. The storyline, up until the end, is plausible and conveys several messages about the nature of love. However, what prevented the film from being a great one for me is one flat performance from one of his stars, and an overreaching event in the plot towards the end that left me feeling that Honore, as he did in "Love Songs", tries to do a bit too much.

Honore immediately captured my attention with the opener, a hypnotic sequence of colorful women's shoes and high fashion...

Beloved
Beloved is a great French musical movie with my favorite actress Catherine Denueve and her daughter. Chiara Mastroianni and Ludvine Sagnier
Beloved ( Les Bien Aimes) is a sweeping heartfelt story set against the transcontinental. Political. And social upheavals of four decades. All set by the beautiful songs sung by the wonderful cast. I t is an awesome musical movie.

Beloved
This is a brilliant movie with the best of France - the beautiful Catherine Deneuve and her daughter are wonderful together.

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