Up for Love
| Up for Love | |
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 Film poster | |
| Un homme à la hauteur | |
| Directed by | Laurent Tirard |
| Screenplay by | Laurent Tirard Grégoire Vigneron |
| Based on | Corazón de León by Marcos Carnevale |
| Produced by | Sidonie Dumas Vanessa van Zuylen |
| Starring | Jean Dujardin Virginie Efira |
| Cinematography | Jérôme Alméras |
| Edited by | Valérie Deseine |
| Music by | Éric Neveux |
Production companies | |
| Distributed by | Gaumont (France) Cinéart (Belgium) |
Release dates |
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Running time | 98 minutes |
| Countries | France Belgium |
| Language | French |
| Budget | $14.2 million [1] |
| Box office | $8.3 million[2] |
Up for Love (original title: Un homme à la hauteur) is a 2016 Franco-Belgian romantic comedy film directed by Laurent Tirard and starring Jean Dujardin and Virginie Efira. The film is a remake of the 2013 Argentine film Corazón de León.[3][4][5]
Plot
Diane is a lawyer who went through a divorce a few years ago. After losing her phone, she receives a call from Alexandre, a funny and charming man who found the phone and intends to return it. As the conversation goes on, the two hit it off and decide to arrange a date. Diane heads for the meeting with great expectations only to realise Alexandre is very short. Nonetheless, she tries to overcome her prejudices.
Cast
- Jean Dujardin as Alexandre
- Virginie Efira as Diane
- Cédric Kahn as Bruno
- Stéphanie Papanian as Coralie
- César Domboy as Benji
- Edmonde Franchi as Monique
- Manöelle Gaillard as Nicole
- Bruno Gomila as Philippe
- Myriam Tekaïa as Stéphanie
- François-Dominique Blin as Sébastien
Reception
On the review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes, 39% of 36 critics' reviews are positive.[6]
References
- ^ "Un homme à la hauteur (Up for Love) (2016) - JP Box-Office".
- ^ "Un homme à la hauteur (Up for Love)". Boxofficemojo.com. Retrieved 1 June 2019.
- ^ "Berlin: Gaumont is 'Up for Love' With Jean Dujardin (EXCLUSIVE)". Variety. 6 February 2015.
- ^ ""Un homme à la hauteur" : pour Virginie Efira et Jean Dujardin, ce n'est pas la taille qui compte". Le Parisien.
- ^ "Virginie Efira : "Un homme à la hauteur" montre "à quel point on n'arrive pas totalement à être libre"". RTL. 29 April 2016.
- ^ "Up for Love". Rotten Tomatoes. Fandango Media. Retrieved 22 October 2021.
External links
- Up for Love at IMDb