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Actors: Patrick Timsit, Laetitia Casta, Vincent Elbaz
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| Review Summary and Plot Commentary about Love Street |
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LOVE STREET (Rue des Plaisirs) is a French movie directed by Patrice Leconte in 2001.
The setting is Paris, France just after WWII. Two prostitutes are telling a new colleague the story of Petit Louis and Marion. Petit Louis was the son of a prostitute and was raised in a brothel. As soon as he saw Marion who was trying to be hired in the brothel, Petit Louis decided to take care of her during his whole life. Madly in love with the young girl but aware of his own lack of beauty, Petit Louis desperately tried to find the perfect match for her. When Dimitri makes his appeareance, Marion falls for him and is happy, as well as Petit Louis, for the first time of her life. But Dimitri is a thief who's betrayed a local mob boss and is always running in order to escape the anger of his enemies. Furthermore, Marion must work a lot in order to help him financially. Petit Louis starts to wonder whether Dimitri is after all the perfect match for his beloved.
--Daniel Staebler, Resident Scholar
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| Analysis of Love Street |
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Plot
Time/era of movie:
- 1930's-1950's
Romance/Love/Hugging
Yes
Kind of romance:
- love triangle/polygon
Lover is...
- criminal/bad doer
Main Character
Identity:
- Male
Age:
- 20's-30's
Eccentric:
Yes
- obsessed
Hair color?
- brunette (Black)
Hair type
- (man) very short/crewcut
Body type
- (man) fat
Events of movie makes character more...
- happy
Ethnicity/Nationality
- French
How sensitive is this character?
- sensitive to others' feelings
Intelligence
- Average intelligence
Physique
- average physique
Secondary Main Character
Identity:
- Female
Hair color
- brunette (Brown)
Hair style
- (woman) short/butch/lez
Body type
- (woman) ample bosom & buttocks
How much in movie?
- 90%-100%
Ethnicity/Nationality
- French
Main Adversary
Identity:
- an organization
How much of work is main antagonist actually present in:
- 40%
Ethnicity/Nationality
- French
Setting
Europe
Yes
European country:
- France
City?
Yes
City:
- Paris
Misc setting
- theater
Style
Accounts of torture and death?
- moderately detailed references to deaths
Movie makes you feel...
- all mixed up
Sex/nudity in movie?
Yes
What kind of sex:
- kissing
- sex under blankets
Non-American film?
Yes
What language?
- French
Subtitles?
- Yes
If lots of song/dance...
- lot of singing
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