Fragments of a Life Loved
Chloé Barreau has exhaustively documented her love affairs since the age of 16. Now, she plans to reconstruct her love life through interviews with 12 of her exes, discovering the disparate points of view between her archival recordings and her interviewees’ memories.
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When you look back at your relationship history, do you ever think about why you broke up with certain people, why you had amazing sex with some lovers and others not, who broke your heart, who you ended up with long term or didn’t? The evidence remains in memories, photographs, gifts, and now social media. Director Chloé Barreau meticulously retraces her personal history by asking her exes how they remember being with her. Since she was 16 years old, living between Paris and Rome, Chloé has been photographing, filming, and collecting mementos from her lovers. She’s even been consciously recording the memories while she was still in the relationships. And now, with all this documented history, she is looking back and wondering what happened and what was their point of view. Wrapping you up in the individual stories of past relationships, Fragments of a Life Loved is made up of interviews with people who were with Chloé for a time, from one-night stands to longer-lasting relationships: Sébastien, Jeanne, Laurent, Ariane, Rebecca, Anne, Jean-Philippe, Anna, Bianca, Marina, Marco, Caroline. Their stories are full of love, anger, passion, indifference, and honesty. Barreau’s questions lead her down memory lane and to some unexpected revelations about what it is to love and be loved by others.
- Original Language Title: Frammenti di un Percorso Amoroso
- Director: Chloé Barreau
- Premiere Status: U.S.
- Country: Italy
- Year: 2023
- Running Time: 95 min.
- Producer: Matteo Rovere, Leonardo Godano
- Screenplay: Chloé Barreau
- Cinematographers: Andres Arce Maldonado
- Editors: Marina De Pedro
- Music: Andrea Moscianese
- Website: Official Film Website
- Filmography: Blue is the Colour (2004)
- Language: French, Italian
- Has Subtitles: Yes
- International Sales: Coccinelle Films