The History of Love (film)

The History of Love is a 2016 internationally co-produced romantic drama film directed by Radu Mihăileanu and written by Mihăileanu and Marcia Romano, based on the 2005 novel of the same name by Nicole Krauss. The film stars Derek Jacobi, Sophie Nélisse, Gemma Arterton and Elliott Gould.^[3][4]

The History of Love
Film poster
Directed by	Radu Mihăileanu
Screenplay by	Radu Mihăileanu Marcia Romano
Based on	The History of Love by Nicole Krauss
Produced by	Marc-Antoine Robert Xavier Rigault Radu Mihăileanu
Starring	Derek Jacobi Sophie Nélisse Gemma Arterton Elliott Gould
Cinematography	Laurent Dailland
Edited by	Ludo Troch
Music by	Armand Amar
Production companies	2.4.7. Films Oï Oï Oï Productions Libra Film
Distributed by	Wild Bunch Distribution (France)
Release dates	7 September 2016 (2016-09-07) (Deauville) 9 November 2016 (2016-11-09) (France)
Running time	134 minutes
Countries	France Canada Romania United States Belgium
Languages	English Yiddish
Budget	€15 million[1]
Box office	$382,687[2]

Cast

• Derek Jacobi as Léo Gursky
• Mark Rendall as young Léo Gursky
• Sophie Nélisse as Alma Singer
• Gemma Arterton as Alma Mereminski
• Elliott Gould as Bruno Leibovitch
• Corneliu Ulici as young Bruno Leibovitch
• Torri Higginson as Charlotte Singer
• William Ainscough as Bird Singer
• Alex Ozerov as Misha Strumann
• Jamie Bloch as Zoey Schwartz
• Claudiu Maier as Zvi Litvinoff
• Daniel Matmor as Dr. Zilberstein
• Jean-Carl Boucher as Herman Connor
• Simona Maican as Rosa
• Julian Bailey as Jeff
• Cary Lawrence as Hilary
• Peter Spence as Bernard Moritz

Production

The History of Love was shot in various locations, including Montreal, New York City, Cluj-Napoca and Bucharest.^[5]