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Mektoub, My Love: Canto Due

2025 · 139 min

A sun-drenched, meandering summer of desire and ambition where conversations drift and bodies speak louder than words.

Directed by
Abdellatif Kechiche
Genres
Romance, Drama, Comedy
Starring
Shaïn Boumedine, Jodi Taylor, Salim Kéchiouche
Tagline
Mektoub has its own rules.
Overview
Amin returns to Sète after studying in Paris, still dreaming of cinema. By chance, an American producer on vacation takes an interest in his project and wants his wife, Jess, to play the lead role. But fate, whimsical as ever, has its own rules.

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Directed by
Abdellatif Kechiche
Genres
Romance, Drama, Comedy
Starring
Shaïn Boumedine, Jodi Taylor, Salim Kéchiouche
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How it feels

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Tone
  • romanticstrength 2 of 3
  • melancholicstrength 2 of 3
  • warmstrength 1 of 3
  • whimsicalstrength 1 of 3
Pacing
slow-burn, 1 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • ambition
  • love
  • identity
  • art
  • fate
Places
  • small town
  • home
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
Tension4
Darkness4
Complexity6
Emotional weight6

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Details

Genres
romance, drama, comedy
Directed by
Abdellatif Kechiche
Written by
Abdellatif Kechiche, Ghalya Lacroix
Starring
Shaïn Boumedine, Jodi Taylor, Salim Kéchiouche, André Jacobs, Ophélie Bau, Dany Martial, Delinda Kechiche, Alexia Chardard
Cinematography
Marco Graziaplena
Runtime
139 min
Country
France
Languages
Arabic, English, French

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