Political comedy about the relationship between a sexually liberated young woman and a fussy conservative man.

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The daughter of a 1968 activist who rages about the French government and an undocumented Algerian father, Bahia fait meets Arthur Martin, a rigid bird flu specialist whose fussy Old France family has always avoided difficult subjects and the Jewish roots of his mother. As these two opposites start a relationship, Bahia explains her strategy: to sleep with as many conservatives and fascists as possible and turn them over to leftist thinking...

A low-budget production from out of nowhere, Le nom des gens is one of those amazing gems you discover and wonders why you didn't see it before. This irresistible comedy takes on serious and delicate subjects – sex, racism, the Holocaust, France's colonial past, its current repercussions with regard to Arabs and Muslims in France and how French people of "class" deal with them, pedophilia, ageing and nuclear energy – with a rare measure of tact, humor, lightness, finesse and depth. Le nom de gens is enchanting, entertaining, moving and thought-provoking: a movie that reconciles you with life.