The History of Love

20162h 14m6.4(98)

DramaRomanceWar

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.

CountryFrance, Canada, Belgium

GenreDrama, Romance, War

ReleaseNovember 9, 2016

DirectorRadu Mihăileanu

ProductionOï Oï Oï Productions, 2.4.7. Films

CastDerek Jacobi, Sophie Nélisse, Gemma Arterton

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