Love and Magnets

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Love and Magnets
French Les Aimants
Directed by Yves Pelletier
Written byYves Pelletier
Produced by
Starring
CinematographyPierre Jodoin
Edited by Yvann Thibaudeau
Music by
Production
company
Distributed by Alliance Atlantis
Release date
  • 1 October 2004 (2004-10-01)
Running time
91 minutes
CountryCanada
LanguageFrench

Love and Magnets (French : Les Aimants) is a French Canadian romantic comedy film, directed by Yves P. Pelletier and released in 2004. [1] The film's original French title is a pun on its themes, as the word "aimant" means magnet when used as a noun, but "loving" or "affectionate" when used as an adjective.

The film stars Isabelle Blais as Julie, a woman returning to Montreal after five years living in Guatemala with her now ex-boyfriend. She moves in with her sister and brother-in-law, Jeanne (Sylvie Moreau) and Noël (David Savard), an unhappily married couple who rarely actually see each other, communicating almost entirely through notes under fridge magnets; Jeanne is, in fact, having an extramarital affair with musician Manu (Emmanuel Bilodeau). When Jeanne decides to leave for a romantic weekend with Manu, she enlists Julie to keep leaving notes for Noël so he won't notice that she's gone — but Julie, hoping to help rekindle Jeanne and Noël's relationship, takes the opportunity to write the fake notes more romantically. [2]

The film's music was composed by Carl Bastien and Dumas, although Blais, also a singer with the band Caïman Fu, performed the vocals on three songs. [3]

Blais received a Genie Award nomination for Best Actress, and Moreau for Best Supporting Actress, at the 25th Genie Awards in 2005. [4] The film received seven Prix Jutra nominations, including Best Picture, [5] winning for Best Screenplay (Pelletier), Best Supporting Actress (Moreau) and Best Music (Bastien and Dumas).[ citation needed ]

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References

  1. ↑ "Aimants, Les – Film de Yves P. Pelletier". Films du Québec, 27 December 2008.
  2. ↑ "A perfectly lovely romp". Montreal Gazette , 1 October 2004.
  3. ↑ "Singing in the spotlight". Montreal Gazette , 11 October 2004.
  4. ↑ "Nominees in top categories for Genie Awards". Toronto Star , 9 February 2005.
  5. ↑ "Cinémascope leads Jutras with nine". Playback , 31 January 2005.


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