HELLO I LOVE YOU

Written and directed by: Lucy Allwood

Produced by: Horya Films / Sacrebleu Productions

Theme: Contemporary Questions / Society / Sexuality

Format: 1x52'

Grant : "Brouillon d'un rêve" - SCAM / FRANCE (2007)

Synopsis: Jim Haynes lives in Paris, and organises each Sunday a party where people of every age, origin and social stratum meet and mix. At 73 years old, this man who was one of the founders of the Sexual Revolution in the 1960s has had more than 1200 sexual partners - but with none of them has he wished to construct any forward-looking relationship, prefering to live absolutely in the present. Through Jim Haynes and his entourage - often practitioners of the theory of « Hello I Love You » that is - let's make love to get to know one another - we hope to uncover what guides our individual choices, in particular those linked to love and family, which often influence the whole course of our lives. In the past, we were guided sometimes unconsciously by the pressure of society, tradition or religion: modern man and woman seem freed of these constraints. But at the end of the day, do we really make our own choices ?

Notes about the director: 'Hello I love You' is Lucy Allwood's second film; her last documentary 'Remember the Rain' on love at first sight (45' 35mm, student film at the Lodz Film School) was in competition at IDFA in 2001. She worked as a director for Channel 4 on the documentary series 'New York High' (13x30', 2000) and for ITV as director of the documentary 'Stardust' in 1999. Previously she worked as associate producer on documentaries shooting in Japan, the US, Mexico, the Pacific, and Europe. She is currently working on a film about divorce and remarriage.