Baya

This group of women sells food condiments, jeweled items (belts called "Baya" used by the women, primarily Wana Coulibaly), grains, firewood, etc.

Kiva Loans 2010

Arthur, a middle-age middle-of-the-roader, studies bird flu as a scientist; at one point he can't sleep with Baya because he must perform a necropsy on suspect geese.

Oy Story: 'Cars 2' Is a Dollar-Driven Edsel Joe Morgenstern 2011

Conversely, Baya's mother Carole Franck, is an aging hippie who strongly opposes nuclear power.

George Heymont: Painfully Awkward Situations (On Stage and Screen) George Heymont 2011

Suddenly realizing that helping Baya's father might be the key to her heart, Arthur shows remarkable insight in the way he gently approaches Mohamed and asks him for a favor.

George Heymont: Painfully Awkward Situations (On Stage and Screen) George Heymont 2011

When Baya crosses paths with Arthur Martin Jacques Gamblin, a shy Jewish socialist who specializes in performing animal autopsies, all hell breaks loose.

George Heymont: Painfully Awkward Situations (On Stage and Screen) George Heymont 2011

Baya, a sentimental left-winger who is as volatile as she is alluring, sleeps with conservatives in order to convert them; she considers her body a weapon with which to destroy the right wing.

Oy Story: 'Cars 2' Is a Dollar-Driven Edsel Joe Morgenstern 2011

'The Names of Love' "Our two families embody France," says Baya Benmahmoud, the delightful heroine of Michel Leclerc's sharp-witted, sometimes surreal and largely autobiographical French-language comedy, which he directed from a script he wrote with Baya Kasmi.

Oy Story: 'Cars 2' Is a Dollar-Driven Edsel Joe Morgenstern 2011

Written by Michel LeClerc and Bya Kismi and directed by LeClerc, The Names of Love stars the exuberant Sara Forestier as Baya Benmahmoud, a young Algerian woman who has not just embraced the 1960s motto "Make Love, Not War," but enthusiastically made it her personal credo.

George Heymont: Painfully Awkward Situations (On Stage and Screen) George Heymont 2011

Baya, who is played by Sara Forestier, has an earnest Algerian father and a screwy French mother.

Oy Story: 'Cars 2' Is a Dollar-Driven Edsel Joe Morgenstern 2011

To some, Arthur and Baya may seem totally mismatched.

George Heymont: Painfully Awkward Situations (On Stage and Screen) George Heymont 2011