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Making Love (2000): Cast & Plot

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Making Love is a 2000 drama starring Nia Roberts as Costanza, Mélanie Thierry and Hans Matheson. It runs 1 hour 47 minutes.

Making Love (2000) movie poster
Released
Runtime
1h 47m (107 min)
Genre
Drama
Original language
English
After the credits
No No extra scene
The story

What Is Making Love About?

The premise of Making Love without spoilers. The whole story is in the plot summary further down.

On a summer night in 1968, Costanza sips a beer in a Prague pub when a violinist arrives and begins playing a haunting canone inverso. The music and the instrument carry a hidden past that draws her in, revealing a tangled love story: the devotion of Jeno Varga to his art and his passionate bond with Sophie.

Making Love Themes & Keywords

· 17 tags
  • prague czechoslovakia
  • friendship
  • violin
  • flashback
  • world war two
  • jewish
  • surprise ending
  • brief male frontal nudity
  • male full frontal nudity
  • male frontal nudity
  • male pubic hair
  • pubic hair
+5 more
  • male rear nudity
  • shower
  • based on novel
  • academy
  • male nudity
Cast & crew

Making Love Cast & Characters

Nia Roberts leads the cast as Costanza, with Mélanie Thierry as Sophie Levi and Hans Matheson as Jeno Varga.

Also Starring in Making Love

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Plot

Making Love Plot Summary

What happens in Making Love from start to finish, spoilers included, with a timeline of 15 key events. The opening is below; the full summary is a 5-minute read.

Spoilers ahead

Zack Elliot is a successful young oncologist in the Los Angeles area, married to Claire, an equally accomplished television network executive, during the early 1980s. The couple met in college, have been married for eight years, and share a quiet, contented life built around shared passions like Gilbert and Sullivan and the poetry of Rupert Brooke, an interest they were introduced to by their elderly former neighbor, Winnie Bates. They dream of starting a family and take a practical step toward that future by purchasing a large house, hoping it will be a stage for the life they envision together.

Full summary

The whole story of Making Love, scene by scene

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Details

Making Love Also Known As

9 alternative titles, including “The Canon Inverse” and “Canone inverso - Making Love”.

Also known as
  • The Canon Inverse
  • Canone inverso - Making Love
  • Fordított kánon
  • Historia miłosna
  • Да правиш любов
  • Закон противоположностей
  • 爱欲旋律
  • Закон протилежностей
  • 캐논 인버스

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FAQ

Making Love FAQ: Cast, Runtime & Release Date

Runtime, release date, cast and post-credit scenes of Making Love, each answered in a sentence.

How long is Making Love?

Making Love runs 1 hour 47 minutes (107 minutes).

When was Making Love released?

Making Love was released on February 11, 2000.

Who is in the cast of Making Love?

Making Love stars Nia Roberts as Costanza, Mélanie Thierry as Sophie Levi and Hans Matheson as Jeno Varga, among 13 credited actors.

Does Making Love have a post-credit scene?

No. Making Love has no extra scene during or after the credits.

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