Benjamin Biolay - Aime mon amour

What this video is

Released in October 2012 as the lead single for Biolay's album Vengeance (Naïve Records), 'Aime mon amour' arrives during a peak moment for auteur-driven French pop. The video's engagement of actress-director Karole Rocher—known from Canal+ prestige TV (Braquo) and Maïwenn's Polisse—exemplifies the tight cross-pollination between French cinema and the chanson française scene in this era. Thematically, the clip…

Why it matters

The video is a landmark artifact of the early-2010s French auteur chanson revival, demonstrating how top-tier French actors and filmmakers collaborated with music artists to elevate the clip format to near-cinematic status. Its full-desaturation, high-contrast monochrome grammar directly…

The director

Karole Rocher (born 4 July 1974, Bezons, Val-d'Oise) is a French actress, director, and screenwriter. Best known for her role as Roxane Delgado in the Canal+ series Braquo, she earned a César nomination for best supporting actress for her role in Maïwenn's…