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The Nature of Love

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Sophia, a 40-year-old philosophy professor, has been in a stable and conventional marriage to Xavier for a decade. From gallery openings to endless dinner parties, ten years have flown by. When Sophia meets Sylvain, a craftsman renovating the couple's new country house, Sophia's world is turned upside down. The two begin a passionate affair fueled by their irresistible physical connection. However, Sophia comes from a wealthy family of intellectuals, while Sylvain comes from a working-class family of manual workers. As they get to know each other on a deeper level, Sophia begins to question her own values after abandoning herself to her great romantic impulses. Director Monia Chokri delivers a smart and sexy romantic comedy, infusing it with spiky energy and fresh perspective, upending genre and gender conventions.
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Critics Consensus

Capturing the spontaneity of love in all its messy highs and lows, this naturalistic romantic comedy provides fresh and modern insight to classic tropes.

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Kate Stables Sight & Sound Dec 22, 2025
Director Monia Chokri's deconstruction of the class-crossing romantic comedy manages to celebrate love while still recognising its endless uncertainties. Go to Full Review
Christian Zilko IndieWire Jul 8, 2024
A-
Monia Chokri‘s brilliant feature is one of the sharpest cinematic examinations of the paradoxical expectations we place on our relationships in the 21st century. Go to Full Review
Peyton Robinson RogerEbert.com Jul 7, 2024
4/4
Steamy affairs and love triangles are not a recent cinematic invention ... but Chokri takes the familiar subject matter and crafts it with the whimsy of old and the depth of new. Go to Full Review
Steve Erickson Arts Fuse Aug 5, 2024
Director Monia Chokri finds a language for communicating Sophia’s desire without putting her body on display. Go to Full Review
Matt Pais MattPais.com Aug 5, 2024
C
Feels like such a duplication of the insights of “Take This Waltz,” while also struggling to even engage its own ideas, that it borders on pointless. Go to Full Review
Brittany Patrice Witherspoon Pop Culture Reviews Jul 26, 2024
4/5
The Nature of Love is bold, charming, and funny in how it captures complacency in relationships and what happens when a woman craves more adventure and passion. Go to Full Review
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Monia Chokri

Director

Magalie Lépine Blondeau

Sophia

Pierre-Yves Cardinal

Sylvain

Monia Chokri

Françoise

Francis-William Rhéaume

Xavier

Steve Laplante

Philippe

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Synopsis Sophia, a 40-year-old philosophy professor, has been in a stable and conventional marriage to Xavier for a decade. From gallery openings to endless dinner parties, ten years have flown by. When Sophia meets Sylvain, a craftsman renovating the couple's new country house, Sophia's world is turned upside down. The two begin a passionate affair fueled by their irresistible physical connection. However, Sophia comes from a wealthy family of intellectuals, while Sylvain comes from a working-class family of manual workers. As they get to know each other on a deeper level, Sophia begins to question her own values after abandoning herself to her great romantic impulses. Director Monia Chokri delivers a smart and sexy romantic comedy, infusing it with spiky energy and fresh perspective, upending genre and gender conventions.
Director
Monia Chokri
Producer
Sylvain Corbeil, Nancy Grant, Nathanaël Karmitz, Elisha Karmitz
Screenwriter
Monia Chokri
Distributor
Music Box Films
Production Co
Metafilms, MK Productions
Genre
Comedy, Drama, Romance
Original Language
French
Release Date (Theaters)
Jul 5, 2024, Limited
Release Date (Streaming)
Aug 13, 2024
Box Office (Gross USA)
$24.1K
Runtime
1h 51m
Aspect Ratio
Flat (1.85:1)
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