Love is All celebrates a hundred years of love and courtship on the silver screen. This entrancing film from the acclaimed filmmaker Kim Longinotto, with music by the much praised singer-songwriter and producer Richard Hawley, will be released on DVD by the BFI on 19 October 2015 as part of the BFI’s blockbuster season, BFI LOVE in partnership with Plusnet.
Love is All takes us on an exquisite journey through the twentieth century, exploring love and courtship in all of its shapes and sizes across decades of unprecedented social upheaval. From the first kisses caught on film, through the disruptions of war and the birth of youth culture, free love and gay liberation, we follow courting couples as they flirt at tea dances, kiss in the back row, shack up together and fight for their right to love whomever they choose.
This celluloid love letter is directed by Kim Longinotto (Divorce Iranian Style) and edited by Ollie Huddleston (From the Sea to the Land Beyond) using a selection of spellbinding footage from the BFI National Archive and the Yorkshire Film Archive, all set to Richard Hawley’s stunning soundtrack.
