“L’amour ouf”, a film by Gilles Lellouche, is released in theaters on October 16, 2024.
On the bill, we find Adèle Exarchopoulos and François Civil in a turbulent love story
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“L’Amour ouf” was selected and even received a standing ovation in Cannes. A consecration for Gilles Lellouche who had wanted to direct for a long time, but had to wait to prove himself. After the success of his first film, “Le Grand Bain”, he was able to bring to the screen a story that has haunted him for 17 years. A turbulent love story between a young thug and a wise young girl, from their adolescence in the 80s, to adulthood. A story taken from a novel that director Gilles Lellouche saw big, with a dream cast and ambitious production.
“I wanted to make a film that was totally let loose, let loose in its romanticism, let loose in its violence. I wanted to let go, I wanted to do something as naively romantic and romantic as it was purely violent, like what a loving passion is.“, explains the director.
Cinematographic and musical references
A stylized film where cinematographic and musical references are numerous. From The Cure to Billy Idol, the feature film is punctuated by a compendium of hits from the 80s.”He put his teenage inspirations there, music, it’s true that when you meet Gilles, he is quite imposing in terms of DJ when he is in the evening“, remembers Adèle Exarchopoulos. And François Civil continues: “Yeah, almost heavy. He shouldn’t see this interview, but he likes to pick up the phone and play his songs“.
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“Music was a big part of my life when I was a teenager. I listened to my Walkman in my bed and then I reinvented this day that I had just had and it was often accompanied by music”explains Gilles Lellouche. Phew love is an ambitious bet. The film cost more than 35 million euros, and will meet its audience from October 16.
