The Names of Love vs What We Wanted to Be
What We Wanted to Be has the higher audience score (7.8/10 against 7.3/10 for The Names of Love). What We Wanted to Be is the shorter watch at 1h 24m compared with 1h 40m. The Names of Love is the older of the two (2010 against 2024). Both are comedy, drama, romance movies, so they suit a similar mood.
The Names of Love
What We Wanted to Be| The Names of Love | What We Wanted to Be | |
|---|---|---|
| Audience score | ★ 7.3/10 | ★ 7.8/10 |
| Year | 2010 | 2024 |
| Length | 1h 40m | 1h 24m |
| Genres | Comedy, Drama, Romance | Comedy, Drama, Romance |
| Country | – | Argentina |
| Director | Michel Leclerc | Alejandro Agresti |
| Main cast | Camille Chalons, Carole Franck, Jacques Boudet, Zinedine Soualem, Sara Forestier | Eleonora Wexler, Luis Rubio, Antonio Agresti, Carlos Gorosito |
Synopsis
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…
What We Wanted to Be
An impossible love story that begins outside a movie theater, continues in a café and could end with the two protagonists together… if real life wasn’t much more complicated than the movies. United by their love of cinema, these two main characters decide to live the lives they dreamed of and not the lives they are destined to live. In a series of encounters, imagination triumphs over reality and everyday reality takes a back seat.
Where to watch
Where to watch The Names of LoveWhere to watch What We Wanted to Be
More like The Names of Love · More like What We Wanted to Be · Compare other titles