Love Songs (2007 film)

Love Songs (French: Les Chansons d'amour) is a 2007 French musical film directed by Christophe Honoré, starring Louis Garrel, Ludivine Sagnier, Clotilde Hesme and Chiara Mastroianni.

The film begins with Julie Pommeraye walking the streets of Paris; she goes to a cinema and from the tickets queue calls her boyfriend Ismaël Bénoliel on her cell phone.

At work, he confronts Alice about his constant breakdowns since Julie's death and she comforts him.

Ismaël spends the entire night awake; in the morning he meets Erwann, Gwendal's younger brother who also lives there, and who before leaving for school offers Ismaël his room so he can finally get some sleep.

Alice, having broken up with Gwendal, thinks Erwan had been sent by his brother to pick up the set of keys she had; she gives them to Ismaël to pass them on to Erwann.

Jasmine, Julie's other sister, comes to tell her mother that her father is upset that she is still out so late at night, so she leaves.

Alice eventually finds him drunk at a bar and takes him to Erwann's, who invites him to stay.

[4] The layout of both films is divided into three parts: The Departure, The Absence, and The Return.

Furthermore, as a nod to the French actress Catherine Deneuve (the main character of The Umbrellas of Cherbourg), her daughter, Chiara Mastroianni, performs in the role of Julie's sister.

The film grossed a total of $2,966,934 worldwide—$104,567 in the United States and Canada and $2,862,367 in other territories.