Love Me If You Dare (2003)

7.5R93 minDirector: Yann Samuell

2003 film by Yann Samuell

Love Me If You Dare (French: Jeux d'enfants, lit. 'Children's Games') is a 2003 romantic comedy-drama film written and directed by Yann Samuell. It stars Guillaume Canet and Marion Cotillard as best friends Julien Janvier and Sophie Kowalsky, who begin playing a game of dares as children and find themselves unable to stop as they grow older, even when the game threatens to destroy their lives.

An international co-production between France and Belgium, the film had its world premiere at the Telluride Film Festival on 29 August 2003. It was released theatrically in France by Mars Distribution on 17 September 2003 and in Belgium by Cinéart on 24 September 2003. It was a box office success in France and sold over one million tickets.

Plot summary adapted from Wikipedia, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.

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What is Love Me If You Dare about?
Love Me If You Dare (2003) — Julien Janvier lost his mother young, drifted apart from his working class father and ever closer to confident Sophie Kowalsky, the Polish class outsider. Their dares game, symbolized by an interchanged music-box, grows ever bolder, regardless of harm to others and each-other. In
Is Love Me If You Dare based on a true story?
See the production background and source material details on the official Wikipedia article.
Is Love Me If You Dare scary?
Content rating: R. See the reviews tab for parental guidance and tone notes.