Limerence

Limerence (also infatuated love) is a state of mind which results from a romantic attraction to another person and typically includes obsessive thoughts and fantasies and a desire to form or maintain a relationship with the object of love and have one's feelings reciprocated. Psychologist Dorothy Tennov coined the term "limerence" for her 1979 book, Love and Limerence: The Experience of Being in Love, to describe a concept that had grown out of her work in the mid-1960s, when she interviewed over 500 people on the topic of love.

Limerence has been defined by one writer as "an involuntary interpersonal state that involves intrusive, obsessive, and compulsive thoughts, feelings, and behaviors that are contingent on perceived emotional reciprocation from the object of interest".

Limerence, which is not exclusively sexual, has also been defined in terms of its potentially inspirational effects and in relation to attachment theory. It has been described as being "an involuntary potentially inspiring state of adoration and attachment to a limerent object involving intrusive and obsessive thoughts, feelings and behaviors from euphoria to despair, contingent on perceived emotional reciprocation".

Limerence (film)

Limerence is a 2012 Italian short film written, directed and starred by Giuseppe Rossi.

Plot

A singer is reinventing jazz music, but after being dumped by his girlfriend loses the creative inspiration and falls into a psychological state called limerence, a term coined by the American psychologist Dorothy Tennov to describe the obsessive state of romantic love. To get back the love from his girl he decides to fight in a musical duel, doubtful in the choice between artistic passion and true love.

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Release

The Italian premiere was set at the Giffoni Film Festival in July 2012.

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