Movie
The History of Love
Overview
The story of a long-lost book that mysteriously reappears and connects an old man searching for his son with a girl seeking a cure for her mother's loneliness.
Details
- Release date
- 2016-11-09
- Runtime
- 134 min
- Genres
- Drama, Romance, War
- Status
- Released
- Production
- Oï Oï Oï Productions, 2.4.7. Films, Wild Bunch, France 3 Cinéma, Caramel Films, Panache Productions, La Compagnie Cinématographique, VOO & Be tv, RTBF, Libra Film
- Country
- France, Canada, Belgium, Romania
- Original language
- EN
Cast
- Derek Jacobi as Leopold Gursky
- Sophie Nélisse as Alma Singer
- Gemma Arterton as Alma Mereminski
- Elliott Gould as Bruno Leibovitch
- Torri Higginson as Charlotte Singer
- Mark Rendall as Young Leopold Gursky
- Corneliu Ulici as Young Bruno Leibovitch
- William Ainscough as Bird Singer
- Alex Ozerov-Meyer as Misha Strumann
- Jamie Bloch as Zoey Schwartz
- Claudiu Maier as Zvi Litvinoff
- Julian Bailey as Jeff
Crew
- Radu Mihăileanu - Director
- Marcia Romano - Screenplay
- Radu Mihăileanu - Screenplay
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