Intriguingly different
Added 10/29/2009
The Bottom Line:
The quasi-documentary style (the characters are interviewed by an unseen narrator after their relationship is over) in An Affair of Love makes for an interesting film about a couple, as we're privy to what each of them thought during crucial moments and understand what went on beneath the surface of their affair; at under 80 minutes An Affair of Love is short but it is by no means slight.
3/4
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Full of--more than sex--love
Added 2/18/2009
There was a sad smile on my face throughout this excellent movie. Why is it? (and is it only so?) that this intimate business between strangers turned to love? Why can't it end happily? (Or can it only end so?)
I wasn't a voyeur in this film about casual sex. I was a moved observer in a special romance and love.
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Sensuality
Added 1/30/2009
The premise is a little out there, but the movie overall is great. Some of the scenes are very sensual and erotic, but not blatant. They're willing to leave some things to the imagination.
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A memo to all couples....talk
Added 6/13/2008
Can two people separate sex from the warmth of human interaction?
This wonderful movie maps the development of a relationship from an original plan for uninhibited and uncomplicated sexual encounters. Clearly both come to enjoy their interactions and their encounters, yet something still holds both back from the full spectrum of an intimate relationship - is it the shadow of the original intent; a fear of commitment; or the possibility of rejection.
This movie has a great message for everyone - talk and open your heart to another person. This is an excellent movie, superbly acted and well worth purchasing.
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They sure could have accumulated lots of Marriott Rewards Points!
Added 3/2/2008
Sex without love morphs into sex with love and then peters out into neither sex nor love. "An Affair of Love" reverses the usual chronology of attraction and affection leading to consummation. The protagonists immediately round home plate and then later experiment with touching first base, second and third. The pattern of anonymous sex in a regular private space sealed off from the world evoked to me a sense of "Last Tango in Paris," without the rough play.
Nathalie Bay and Sergei Lopez are excellent - erotically charged despite the evident age difference -- and although the plot could make you feel claustrophobic if you heard the synopsis, it never feels this way. Most all the action occurs in a street side café and in a hotel room. A steamy take on "Afternoon Delight"!
Can carnal passion offer a solid foundation for a lasting relationship? How can that connection be fueled if (when) the fires of passion cool? Will peeking behind the cloak of anonymity let the air out of the romantic balloon? Interesting questions hinted at by this adroit film!
Worth seeing!
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Intriguingly different
Added 10/29/2009
The Bottom Line:
The quasi-documentary style (the characters are interviewed by an unseen narrator after their relationship is over) in An Affair of Love makes for an interesting film about a couple, as we're privy to what each of them thought during crucial moments and understand what went on beneath the surface of their affair; at under 80 minutes An Affair of Love is short but it is by no means slight.
3/4
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Full of--more than sex--love
Added 2/18/2009
There was a sad smile on my face throughout this excellent movie. Why is it? (and is it only so?) that this intimate business between strangers turned to love? Why can't it end happily? (Or can it only end so?)
I wasn't a voyeur in this film about casual sex. I was a moved observer in a special romance and love.
1 out of 1 people found this helpful.
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Sensuality
Added 1/30/2009
The premise is a little out there, but the movie overall is great. Some of the scenes are very sensual and erotic, but not blatant. They're willing to leave some things to the imagination.
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