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With Love... from the Age of Reason

With Love... from the Age of Reason

20105.51h 29m

Overview

The day she turns 40, Marguerite Flora, a successful rep for a nuclear power company, begins receiving letters she'd sent to herself at age seven. The letters tell her what to do if her life hasn't turned out the way she thought it should, when she was living in poverty with her mother and brother in a small village in southern France. She decides to go back to her birthplace to get the lawyer to stop the letters, but also to visit her childhood sweetheart and her long-forgotten brother, in order to find peace within herself.

Directed by Yann Samuell
Written by Yann Samuell
Produced by Philip Boëffard, Bénédicte Bellocq, Arlette Zylberberg
Box OfficeBudget: $8.0M0

Top Cast

Sophie Marceau

Sophie Marceau

Margaret / Marguerite

Jonathan Zaccaï

Jonathan Zaccaï

Philibert

Marton Csokas

Marton Csokas

Malcolm

Michel Duchaussoy

Michel Duchaussoy

Mérignac

Thierry Hancisse

Thierry Hancisse

Mathieu

Déborah Marique

Déborah Marique

La maman de Marguerite

Emmanuelle Grönvold

Emmanuelle Grönvold

De Lorca

Juliette Chappey

Juliette Chappey

Marguerite Flore enfant

Roméo Lebeaut

Roméo Lebeaut

Philibert Bakary enfant

J

Jarod Legrand

Mathieu enfant

Themes & Keywords

franceclarinetletterromanceflashbackpovertybusinesswomanimaginationreconsidering of life

About With Love... from the Age of Reason

With Love... from the Age of Reason is a comedy, romance film released in 2010 exploring themes of france, clarinet, letter, romance, flashback, poverty. Directed by Yann Samuell, it stars Sophie Marceau, Jonathan Zaccaï, Marton Csokas. The day she turns 40, Marguerite Flora, a successful rep for a nuclear power company, begins receiving letters she'd sent to herself at age seven. The letters tell her what to do if her life hasn't turned out the way she thought it should, when she was living in poverty with her mother and brother in a small village in southern France. She decides to go back to her birthplace to get the lawyer to stop the letters, but also to visit her childhood sweetheart and her long-forgotten brother, in order to find peace within herself.

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