Love Life (2007 film)

Love Life (Liebesleben)
Original film poster
Directed by	Maria Schrader
Screenplay by	Maria Schrader and Laila Stieler
Story by	Zeruya Shalev (novel)
Starring	Netta Garti Rade Sherbedgia
Music by	Niki Reiser
Cinematography	Benedict Neuenfels
Edited by	Antje Zynga
Release dates	2007
Country	Israel / Germany

Love Life (known as Liebesleben in German) is a 2007 German/Israeli film directed Maria Schrader and shot in Israel. It is based on a novel by Zeruya Shalev, with the screenplay written by Schrader and Laila Stieler. The film won two 2008 Bavarian Film Awards for Best Cinematography (Benedict Neuenfels) and Best Music (Niki Reiser). Neuenfels also won the 2008 German Film Award for Best Cinematography.

Cast

• Netta Garti as Ya'ara
• Rade Sherbedgia as Arie
• Tovah Feldshuh as Hannah
• Stephen Singer as Leon
• Ishai Golan as Joni
• Arie Moskonaas Nathan
• Caroline Silhol as Josephine
• Assi Dayan as Jara's Professor
• Clara Khoury as Shira
• Gillian Buick as Vivien
• Zach Cohen as Cat Killer
• Leonie Kranzle as Kenneth
• Zeruya Shalev as Librarian
• Esther Zewko as Guest

Awards and nominations

• 2008: Benedict Neuenfels won Best Cionematography award for the film in German Film Awards
• 2008: Christian M. Goldbeck nominated for Best Production Design for the film in German Film Awards
• 2008: Benedict Neuenfels won Best Cionematography award for the film in the Bavarian Film Awards
• 2008: Niki Reiser won Best Music award for the film in the Bavarian Film Awards

Soundtrack

A soundtrack album was released containing the following:

1. Love Life
2. Attracted to Arie
3. "If She Had Chosen You..."
4. "This Is My Life"
5. Jara
6. "Don't Forget to Exhale"
7. Abused
8. Finding the Truth
9. The Desert
10. Bewildered
11. Caught
12. The Photo
13. Jara's Quest
14. Road to Akko

References

External links

• Official website
• Love Life at the Internet Movie Database