THE NATURE OF LOVE
Section: Un Certain Regard
Director-screenwriter: Monia Chokri
Logline: The nature of love is the story of Sophia, a philosophy professor who’s turning 40. She’s been with her partner for 10 years, they have a good social life and a good relationship, but when the couple buy a house in the country, Sophia falls for the construction worker in charge of fixing up the property.
Panelists: Monia Chokri and Magalie Lépine-Blondeau
Premiere date: 2023
Key quote: “The script was so very funny. It’s obviously a comedy, but Monia didn’t direct us that way. We worked on a very serious level. The characters aren’t aware that they’re actually in a comedy, and when you fall in love, there is something so beautiful but also a little bit pathetic about the intensity of everything. And so the comedy emerged from the rhythm, the writing and the situations.”
Check out the conversation in the video above.