THE (EX)PERIENCE OF LOVE | LE SYNDROME DES AMOURS PASSÉES

FRANCE, BELGIUM | 2023 | COLOR | DCP | 89’ | FRENCH

Before moving to the next step of having a family, Sandra and Remi decide to be unfaithful first. Laughing at the face of IVF, ‘The (Ex)perience of Love’ reaches upon a different diagnosis about the adversities of a contemporary couple: Instead of counting sperm and ova, take off on a sexual trip to the past, sleep with every former lover, and the negative energy will evaporate. Stamping on commonly accepted references about love, Ann Sirot and Raphaël Balboni unfurl a series of imaginative sexual encounters in this most unexpected of rom-coms that’s about to give you ideas. D.P.

DIRECTORS: Ann Sirot & Raphaël Balboni
SCREENWRITERS: Ann Sirot & Raphaël Balboni
DoP: Jorge Piquer Rodríguez
MUSIC: Julie Roué
EDITOR: Sophie Vercruysse
PRINCIPAL CAST: Lucie Debay, Lazare Gousseau, Florence Loiret-Caille, Ninon Borsei

ANN SIROT & RAPHAËL BALBONI
Filmmaking duet of the Belgian Sirot and the French Balboni. They met in 2007 and started then and there a prolific, exclusively collaborative career. After a series of shorts, this is their 3rd feature film.

FILMOGRAPHY
2023 The (Ex)perience of Love
2020 Une vie démente
2019 Trop belge pour toi