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"Eloge de L'Amour" is a densely constructed, highly referential film, and an audacious return to form that can comfortably sit among Jean-Luc Godard's finest work.
The film is set in present day Paris, where discussions are taking place about a project titled Eloge de L'Amour, which deals with the four key moments of love: meeting, passion, separation, and reconciliation, as seen through the eyes of three couples: young, adult and elderly.
The author of the project, Edgar (Putzulu), is searching for a leading lady and chooses a woman called Bertha (Camp). What Edgar doesn't remember is he met this woman some years earlier during a trip to Brittany to interview a historian about the Resistance. He contacts Bertha to tell her she has the part, only to discover she's committed suicide.
A non-linear narrative then kicks in and Godard uses two different visual textures to help us along. The first is shot in timeless black and white, while the second utilises digital video, layering each image and montage sequence in heavily saturated colours.
Touching upon everything from man's place in history to the marauding nature of Hollywood to popular culture, the film's complex structure and themes don't make easy viewing. Stick with it though, and it's a highly rewarding experience, further heightened by sumptuous music and committed performances.
"Eloge de L'Amour" contains more ideas in a single frame than most films manage in their entirety. Reviewing it doesn't do it justice, you just need to see it.
In French with English subtitles.
