Athens International Film Festival
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THE NATURE OF LOVE | SIMPLE COMME SYLVAIN


CANADA, FRANCE | 2023 | COLOR | DCP | 111’ | FRENCH

Sofia is an upper-class woman, leading a typical, modern, civilized marriage. That is, she sleeps in a separate bedroom. One day she will meet the man who is about to restore her cottage and everything in her life collapses, making her wonder whether she was right giving in to her instincts and desires. Monia Chokri (Xavier Dolan’s leading actress) surrenders completely to an absolutely imaginative direction, while at the forefront sense and sensibility, sex and romance, comedy and female contemporary questions, collide. Bold and certainly adult in spirit and in spectacle, her movie stood as one of the biggest surprises of this year’s Cannes Film Festival. Th.K.

DIRECTOR: Monia Chokri
SCREENWRITER: Monia Chokri
DoP: André Turpin
MUSIC: Emile Sornin
EDITOR: Pauline Gaillard
PRINCIPAL CAST: Magalie Lépine-Blondeau, Pierre-Yves Cardinal, Francis-William Rhéaume, Monia Chokri

MONIA CHOKRI
Canadian director and actress, born in 1983 in Quebec. She studied Acting at the Conservatory of Dramatic Arts in Montreal. She played in the theater before she was discovered successively by Denys Arkand and Xavier Dolan. This is her 3rd feature film as director.

FILMOGRAPHY
2023
The Nature of Love
2022 Babysitter
2018 A Brother’s Love



        : Opening Nights

        PAST LIVES (Opening Film)

        PAST LIVES (Opening Film)

        29/09/2023, 22:15, DANAOS 1

        STRANGE WAY OF LIFE | EXTRAÑA FORMA DE VIDA (Opening Film)

        STRANGE WAY OF LIFE | EXTRAÑA FORMA DE VIDA (Opening Film)

        03/10/2023, 21:30, IDEAL

        THE BOY AND THE HERON | KIMITACHI WA DŌ IKIRU (Closing Film)

        THE BOY AND THE HERON | KIMITACHI WA DŌ IKIRU (Closing Film)

        07/10/2023, 20:00, ATHENS CONCERT HALL (AL.TRIANTI VENUE)

        SILVER HAZE

        SILVER HAZE

        28/09/2023, 19:30, IDEAL
        07/10/2023, 18:00, IDEAL

        RESTORE POINT | BOD OBNOVY

        RESTORE POINT | BOD OBNOVY

        28/09/2023, 20:00, ASTY
        08/10/2023, 19:30, ASTY

        SUBTRACTION | TAFRIGH

        SUBTRACTION | TAFRIGH

        28/09/2023, 22:00, DANAOS 1
        07/10/2023, 19:00, DANAOS 1

        PUAN

        PUAN

        29/09/2023, 17:00, DANAOS 1
        07/10/2023, 17:00, DANAOS 1

        FREMONT

        FREMONT

        29/09/2023, 21:30, ASTY
        01/10/2023, 19:15, ASTOR

        WHICH COLOUR? | KAYO KAYO COLOUR?

        WHICH COLOUR? | KAYO KAYO COLOUR?

        30/09, 17.30, ASTY
        02/10, 18.00, ΑSTY

        MAY DECEMBER

        MAY DECEMBER

        30/09/2023, 22:30, DANAOS 1

        THE BEAST | LA BÊTE

        THE BEAST | LA BÊTE

        01/10/2023, 21:30, ASTOR

        PRETTY RED DRESS

        PRETTY RED DRESS

        01/10/2023, 21:45, ASTY
        08/10/2023, 19:45, DANAOS 1

        SHAYDA

        SHAYDA

        01/10/2023, 21:45, DANAOS 1

        STORY AVE

        STORY AVE

        01/10/2023, 22:30, IDEAL
        04/10/2023, 17:30, DANAOS 1

        LAST SUMMER | L'ÉTÉ DERNIER

        LAST SUMMER | L'ÉTÉ DERNIER

        02/10/2023, 19:30, ΙDEAL

        WHEN WILL IT BE LIKE IT NEVER WAS BEFORE | WANN WIRD ES ENDLICH WIEDER SO, WIE ES NIE WAR

        WHEN WILL IT BE LIKE IT NEVER WAS BEFORE | WANN WIRD ES ENDLICH WIEDER SO, WIE ES NIE WAR

        02/10/2023, 19:30, DANAOS 1
        06/10/2023, 17:45, DANAOS 1

        CREATURA

        CREATURA

        02/10/2023, 21:45, ΙDEAL
        07/10/2023, 20:00, ASTY

        ONLY THE RIVER FLOWS | HE BIAN DE CUO WU

        ONLY THE RIVER FLOWS | HE BIAN DE CUO WU

        02/10/2023, 22:00, DANAOS 1
        05/10/2023, 22:00, IDEAL

        CLUB ZERO

        CLUB ZERO

        03/10/2023, 19:00, DANAOS 1

        THE TEACHERS' LOUNGE | DAS LEHRERZIMMER

        THE TEACHERS' LOUNGE | DAS LEHRERZIMMER

        04/10/2023, 19:30, DANAOS 1

        ABOUT DRY GRASSES / KURU OTLAR ÜSTÜNE

        ABOUT DRY GRASSES / KURU OTLAR ÜSTÜNE

        04/10/2023, 20:00, ASTOR
        08/10/2023, 18:00, ASTOR

        FEMME

        FEMME

        04/10/2023, 22.00, ΙDEAL
        07/10/2023, 22.30, ΑSTY

        MEMORY

        MEMORY

        05/10/2023, 19:30, IDEAL

        DREAM SCENARIO

        DREAM SCENARIO

        05/10/2023, 22:00, DANAOS 1

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

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

        06/10/2023, 20:00, DANAOS 1

        PLAYLAND

        PLAYLAND

        06/10/2023, 22:00, ASTY
        08/10/2023, 22:00, ASTY

        PRISCILLA

        PRISCILLA

        06/10/2023, 22:00, IDEAL

        RED ISLAND | L'ÎLE ROUGE

        RED ISLAND | L'ÎLE ROUGE

        07/10/2023, 20:00, ASTOR

        THE GREEN BORDER | ZIELONA GRANICA

        THE GREEN BORDER | ZIELONA GRANICA

        07/10/2023, 21:15, DANAOS 1

        THE ROYAL HOTEL

        THE ROYAL HOTEL

        07/10/2023, 22:30, ASTOR

        KILLERS OF THE FLOWER MOON

        KILLERS OF THE FLOWER MOON

        08/10/2023, 20.00, IDEAL

        ALL OF US STRANGERS

        ALL OF US STRANGERS

        09/10/2023, 21:00, IDEAL