The History of Love
2016 · Movie · 134 min · ★ 6.4
A long-lost book resurfaces and unexpectedly links an elderly man searching for family with a young girl trying to ease her mother's loneliness. Their separate journeys unfold through a quiet, emotional mystery about love, loss, and connection.
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Details
- Years
- 2016
- Release date
- 2016-11-09
- Language
- English
- Runtime
- 134 min
- TMDB rating
- 6.4/10 (96 votes)
About
You may like this if you enjoy tender, reflective dramas built around fate, memory, and emotional connections, especially if Captain Corelli's Mandolin appealed to you; Not for you if you want fast pacing or high stakes.
Pros: heartfelt emotional core; intriguing book mystery; moving human connections | Cons: gentle pace; sentimental tone; limited action
Cast & crew
Derek Jacobi
as Leopold Gursky
Sophie Nélisse
as Alma Singer
Gemma Arterton
as Alma Mereminski
Elliott Gould
as Bruno Leibovitch
Torri Higginson
as Charlotte Singer
Mark Rendall
as Young Leopold Gursky
Corneliu Ulici
as Young Bruno Leibovitch
William Ainscough
as Bird Singer
Alex Ozerov-Meyer
as Misha Strumann
Jamie Bloch
as Zoey Schwartz
Directed by Radu Mihăileanu