Up For Love 2016 Portable Instant
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To make Up for Love work, the filmmakers needed more than special effects. They needed an actor of immense physicality and charm. Enter Jean Dujardin, the Oscar-winning star of The Artist . Using a combination of camera tricks, forced perspective, and a double for wide shots, Dujardin was digitally shortened to play Alexandre. up for love 2016
The film follows Diane (Virginie Efira), a lawyer recently divorced and looking to reclaim her independence, who accidentally leaves her phone in a restaurant booth. The man who finds it, Alexandre (Jean Dujardin), engages her in a witty phone conversation, displaying a voice that is confident, charming, and undeniably attractive. When they arrange to meet, Diane is shocked to discover that Alexandre stands at roughly four feet tall due to a growth hormone deficiency. The narrative drive of the film is not whether they will fall in love, but whether Diane—and by extension, society—can overcome the superficial expectations of what a "perfect" couple looks like. Enter Jean Dujardin, the Oscar-winning star of The Artist