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Mektoub, My Love: Canto Uno

2018 · 174 min

A sun-drenched, leisurely summer idyll that drifts through beaches, family meals and flirtations with a patient, observational gaze.

Directed by
Abdellatif Kechiche
Genres
Romance, Drama
Starring
Shaïn Boumedine, Ophélie Bau, Salim Kéchiouche
Tagline
For love, only Mektoub can decide.
Overview
Amin, an aspiring screenwriter living in Paris, returns home for the summer, in Sète, South of France. It is a time of reconnecting with his family and his childhood friends. Together with his cousin Tony and his best friend Ophélie, he spends his time between the Tunisian restaurant run by his parents, the local bars and the beaches frequented by girls on holiday.

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Directed by
Abdellatif Kechiche
Genres
Romance, Drama
Starring
Shaïn Boumedine, Ophélie Bau, Salim Kéchiouche
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Tone
  • warmstrength 2 of 3
  • melancholicstrength 2 of 3
  • romanticstrength 1 of 3
  • earneststrength 1 of 3
Pacing
slow-burn, 1 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
demanding, 4 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • love
  • family
  • friendship
  • coming-of-age
  • identity
Places
  • small town
  • home
  • countryside
Era
period
Audience
adult
Form
  • serialised
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language mild
  • Violence none
  • Sex strong
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action1
Horror0
Humour4
Realism8
Romance7
Tension3
Darkness3
Complexity6
Emotional weight6

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Details

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romance, drama
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Starring
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Country
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