''The Birth of Love'' (french: La Naissance de l'amour) is a 1993
drama film
In film and television, drama is a category or genre of narrative fiction (or semi-fiction) intended to be more serious than humorous in tone. Drama of this kind is usually qualified with additional terms that specify its particular super ...
directed by
Philippe Garrel
Philippe Garrel (; born 6 April 1948) is a French director, cinematographer, screenwriter, film editor, and producer, associated with the French New Wave movement. His films have won him awards at Cannes Film Festival and Venice Film Festival.
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. Garrel also wrote the screenplay together with his long-time collaborators
Muriel Cerf and
Marc Cholodenko.
Cast
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Lou Castel
Lou Castel (born Ulv Quarzell; 28 May 1943) is a Swedish actor who became known through his work in Italian films.
Life and career
The son of a Swedish father and an Irish mother, Castel was born Ulv Quarzell in Bogotá, Colombia, where his fat ...
as Paul
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Jean-Pierre Léaud
Jean-Pierre Léaud, ComM (; born 28 May 1944) is a French actor, known for playing Antoine Doinel in François Truffaut's series of films about that character, beginning with ''The 400 Blows'' (1959). He also worked several times with Jean-Luc ...
as Marcus
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Johanna ter Steege
Johanna ter Steege (born 10 May 1961) is a Dutch actress.
She won the European Film Award for Best Supporting Actress for her movie debut in '' The Vanishing'' (1988). Among her other films are Robert Altman's ''Vincent & Theo'' (1990), István ...
as Ulrika
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Dominique Reymond
Dominique Reymond (born 12 February 1957) is a French actress. She has appeared in more than seventy films since 1984.
She has been to the Geneva Conservatory.
Selected filmography
References
External links
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as Hélène
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Marie-Paule Laval as Fauchon
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Serge Thiriet as Hélène's lover
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Aurélia Alcaïs as Young woman
*Max McCarthy as Pierre
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Films directed by Philippe Garrel
1993 films
French drama films
Films scored by John Cale
1993 drama films
1990s French films
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