FILM

LOVE ACTUALLY

Film information

Love Actually is a 2003 romantic comedy film written and directed by Richard Curtis. The screenplay delves into different aspects of love as shown through ten separate stories involving a wide variety of individuals, many of whom are shown to be interlinked as their tales progress. The ensemble cast is composed predominantly of British actors.

Set in London, the film begins five weeks before Christmas and is played out in a weekly countdown until the holiday, followed by an epilogue that takes place one month later.

1- FILM INFORMATION

What's the meaning of love actually?what's the complete film name?
The meaning of love actually is True blood. The complete film name is love actually is all around.

What year was the film made? In 2003.

Who's the director? what famous films has he directed? The director is Richard Curtis. He directed Four Weddings and a Funeral, Bridget Jone's Diary, Notting Hill, Blackadder, Mr Bean and The Vicar of Dibley.

Who are the main actors and actresses? copy names.
Harry, Karen, David, Juliet, Jamie, Aurélia, Daniel, Sam, Tony, Mia, John, Judy, Joanna, President of the United States, Rufus, Carol, Annie, Stacey, Jeannie, Carol-Anne, Harriet, Carla, Daisy, Mikel, Colin, Karl, Sarah, Mark, Peter, Natalie, Joe and Billy Mack.

What type of film is it? a tragedy? a comedy? why?
Is a romantic comedy film, because the screenplay delves into different aspects of love as shown through ten stories interlinked among them.


2- DISCUSS THE FILM
What's the first story in the film?
The film begins with a voiceover from Billy Mack and with his manager, Joe.

Can you name the cast of characters and storylines?

- Harry, Karen, and Mia: Harry is the managing director of a design agency; Mia is his new secretary.

Billy Mack and Joe: Billy Mack is a singer and Joe is his manager.

- Juliet, Peter and Mark: Juliet and Peter are wed in a lovely ceremony orchestrate. Mark is Peter's best friend. The video he recorded reveals that he secretly has feelings for her.

- David and Natalie: David is the prime minister of England and he is in love of his secretary, Natalie.

Daniel; Sam and Joanna: Daniel is Sam's father and Sam is in love with Joanna.

- Colin, Tony, Stacey, Jeannie, Carol-Anne, Harriet and Carla: Colin Frissell informs his friend Tony he plans to go to the US and find love there. He meets Stacey , Jeannie , and Carol-Anne , three stunningly attractive women who fall for his accent and invite him to stay at their home. Colin accepts.
-Rufus: Rufus is a minor, but significant, the jewellery salesman whose obsessive attention to gift-wrapping gets Harry caught buying Mia's necklace. It is his distraction of staff at the airport which allows Sam to sneak through. His character is seen as a sort of guardian angel, as his place in the film is to look out for the other characters.

- Sarah, Karl and Michael: Sarah first appears at Juliet and Peter's wedding, sitting next to her friend Jamie. We learn she works at Harry's graphic design company, where she has been in love for years with its creative director, Karl. A tryst between Karl and herself is interrupted by Sarah's mentally ill brother, Michael and this effectively ends their relationship. On Christmas Eve, she visits her brother at the institution where he lives, wrapping a scarf around him as he hugs her.

- John and Judy: Meet as for the in a movie. John tells Judy that "it is nice to have someone [he] can just chat to." The two carefully and cautiously pursue a relationship, and see the play at the local school together with John's brother.

- Jamie and Aurélia: They are going to get married.