Simple Passion

“Since last September I have been doing nothing but waiting for this man: for him to call me and come to my place... Everything about him was so precious to me, his eyes, his mouth, his penis, his childhood memories, his voice...”

Cast

Hélène
Laetitia Dosch
Alexandre
Sergei Polunin
Paul
Lou-Teymour Thion
Anita
Caroline Ducey
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Simple Passion

Danielle Arbid

  • Fiction
Production Country / Year
France, Belgium 2020
Language
fr., en. OF mit de. UT
Format
DCP, Color, 99min
1.85:1, Discrete 5.1
Original Title
Passion Simple

Director & Crew

Danielle Arbid 1

Danielle Arbid

Born in Lebanon in 1970. Studied literature and journalism in France. Active as director and script writer.

Filmography

1998 RADDEM, Kurzfilm

1999 LE PASSEUR, Kurzfilm in 1970

2000 SEULE AVEC LA GUERRE, Dokumentarfilm

2002 ÉTRANGERE, Kurzfilm

AUX FRONTIERES, Dokumentarfilm

2003 CONCERSATION DE SALON 1, 2 ET 3, Kurzfilm

2005 NOUS, Kurzfilm

MAREK HOB, Spielfilm

2007 UN HOMME PERDU, Spielfilm HOF 2007

2008 THIS SMELL OF SEX, Kurzfilm

2009 CONVERSATIONS DE SALON II, Kurzfilm

2011 BEIRUT HOTEL, Fernsehfilm

2015 PEUR DE RIEN, Spielfilm

2017 LE FEU AU COEUR, Kurzfilm

UN CHANT DE BATAILLE, Kurzfilm

2020 PASSION SIMPLE, Spielfilm HOF 2021

“I wanted to make a sexual film. To me, filming bodies is a way to glamorize actors. I need to make them look stunning. It’s a naïve memory of mine: when I went to the cinema as a young girl, I found the actors much more attractive when they were kissing! I write sex scenes as precisely as possible, so that the actors know in advance what to expect on set. I explicate the various scenes in great detail, and I show them photos and film excerpts before we start shooting.

I also choose actors who are comfortable with their own bodies, I don’t want to steal anything from them that they are not prepared to give. These decisions are taken way before the shooting starts. They put their trust in me and I try to give it back to them through images... In the film, the evolution of their passion follows that of the choreography of their bodies. I wanted to make a phantasmatic film that would mean the audience not only wanted to watch the actors, but to take their place.”

Writer
Danielle Arbid
Director of Photography
Pascale Granel
Editor
Thomas Marchand
Set Designer
Charlotte de Cadeville
Costume Designer
Oriol Nogues
Sound
Paul Maernoudt
Marc Bastien
Thomas Gauder
Executive Producer
Danielle Saussol
Diane Weber
Producer
David Thion
Philippe Martin

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