Love Me Tender

Vicky Krieps is magnetic as a woman paying a high price to be free in this luminous and radical commentary on motherhood, desire and self-discovery.

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Credits

  • Director-screenwriter

    Anna Cazenave Cambet

  • With

    Vicky Krieps, Antoine Reinartz, Monia Chokri

  • France 2025. 133min

  • Courtesy of

    Peccadillo Pictures

  • Language

    French

    With English subtitles

Introduction

Clémence gave up her job as a lawyer and her marriage to write and date women. When her ex-husband claims sole custody of their son, Clémence refuses to compromise. Anna Cazenave Cambet (Gold for Dogs) adapts Constance Debré’s bestseller, crafting a confident, complex and deeply affecting drama about the insidious violence of moral order towards women.

Laure Bonville

With thanks to Unifrance

Content warning

Contains scenes of nudity and sex

Contains flashing images.

How to book

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