Love Me If You Dare
(2003)
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Love Me If You Dare
(2003)
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Guillaume Canet | ... | ||
Marion Cotillard | ... | ||
Thibault Verhaeghe | ... | ||
Joséphine Lebas-Joly | ... | ||
Emmanuelle Grönvold | ... |
Julien's Mother
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Gérard Watkins | ... |
Julien's Father
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Gilles Lellouche | ... | ||
Julia Faure | ... |
Sophie's Sister
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Laëtizia Venezia Tarnowska | ... |
Christelle Louise Bouchard
(as Laetizia Venezia)
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Élodie Navarre | ... |
Aurélie Miller
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Nathalie Nattier | ... | ||
Robert Willar | ... |
Julien (80 ans)
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Frédéric Geerts | ... |
Igor
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Manuela Sanchez | ... |
Teacher
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Philippe Drecq | ... |
School Principal
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Julien Janvier lost his mother young, drifted apart from his working class father and ever closer to confident Sophie Kowalsky, the Polish class outsider. Their dares game, symbolized by an interchanged music-box, grows ever bolder, regardless of harm to others and each-other. In his college years, it even suspends their relationship and toys with their marriages, but they are drawn back to each-other irresistibly. Written by KGF Vissers
To understand "Love Me If You Dare", one must harken back to childhood when fondness translated to teasing. So it is with Julien and Sophie, the central characters of this film, who in childhood become fast friends because of a game they share (or visa versa) which involves one challenging the other to do something outrageous while passing a gayly decorated candy canister to them. Upon completion of the dare, the canisters is passed back and the dared person announces "Game!". And so it goes, back and forth, as the children grow to adolescents and then to adults with the brinksmanship and friendship becoming increasingly substantial and the ubiquitous canister the ever present reminder of their unspoken bond. Finely crafted though sometimes disjointed, this creative work is full of life and energy and passion and its ever escalating story is maddeningly captivating and unsatisfying as it waxes toward its inevitable and somewhat clumsy conclusion. A love it or hate it audience dividing flick, "Love Me..." can be appreciated on as many levels as it can be condemned. The only way you'll know if you like it is to watch it. (A-)