Love Exposure vs The Names of Love
Love Exposure has the higher audience score (8/10 against 7.3/10 for The Names of Love). The Names of Love is the shorter watch at 1h 40m compared with 3h 57m. Love Exposure is the older of the two (2009 against 2010). Both are comedy, drama, romance movies, so they suit a similar mood.
Love Exposure
The Names of Love| Love Exposure | The Names of Love | |
|---|---|---|
| Audience score | ★ 8.0/10 | ★ 7.3/10 |
| Year | 2009 | 2010 |
| Length | 3h 57m | 1h 40m |
| Genres | Action, Comedy, Drama, Romance | Comedy, Drama, Romance |
| Country | Japan | – |
| Director | Sion Sono | Michel Leclerc |
| Main cast | Hikari Mitsushima, Atsuro Watabe, Makiko Watanabe, Hiroyuki Onoue, Tasuku Nagaoka | Camille Chalons, Carole Franck, Jacques Boudet, Zinedine Soualem, Sara Forestier |
Synopsis
Love Exposure
The story of a teenage boy named Yu, who falls for Yoko, a girl he runs into while operating for the sake of sin as an "up-skirt" photographer. His attempts to woo her are complicated by a spot of cross-dressing – which convinces Yoko that she is lesbian – dalliances with kung-fu and crime, and a constant struggle with the guilt that's a legacy of his Catholic upbringing.
The Names of Love
Bahia Benmahmoud, a free-spirited young woman, has a particular way of seeing political engagement, as she doesn't hesitate to sleep with those who don't agree with her to convert them to her cause - which is a lot of people, as all right-leaning people are concerned. Generally, it works pretty well. Until the day she meets Arthur Martin, a discreet forty-something who doesn't like taking risks. She imagines that with a name like that, he's got…
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