Mektoub, My Love: Canto Uno
{{short description|2017 film}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=May 2019}}
{{Infobox film
| name = Mektoub, My Love: Canto Uno
| image = Mektoub, My Love.jpg
| caption = Film poster
| director = Abdellatif Kechiche
| producer = Abdellatif Kechiche
Riccardo Marchegiani
| screenplay = Abdellatif Kechiche
Ghalia Lacroix
| based_on = {{based on|La Blessure, la vraie|François Bégaudeau}}
| starring = {{ubl|Shaïn Boumédine|Salim Kechiouche|Ophélie Bau|Hafsia Herzi|Lou Luttiau|Alexia Chardard}}
| music = Rémi Barbot
| cinematography = Marco Graziaplena
| editing = Maria Giménez Cavallo
Nathanaëlle Gerbeaux
| studio = Quat'sous films
Good Films
| distributor = Pathé
| released = {{Film date|2017|9|7|Venice|2017|3|21|France|2018|5|24|Italy|df=yes}}
| runtime = 181 minutes{{cite web | url=https://bbfc.co.uk/releases/mektoub-my-love-film | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190524052859/https://bbfc.co.uk/releases/mektoub-my-love-film | url-status=dead | archive-date=24 May 2019 | title=Mektoub, My Love | work=British Board of Film Classification | accessdate=23 May 2019}}
| country = France
Italy
| language = French
| budget = €8.6 million{{cite web |title=Mektoub My Love : Canto Uno (2018) - JPBox-Office |url=http://www.jpbox-office.com/fichfilm.php?id=17889 |website=www.jpbox-office.com |accessdate=11 May 2019}}
| gross = {{USD|1.2 million}}{{cite web |title=Mektoub, My Love: Canto Uno |url=https://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/intl/?id=_fMEKTOUBMYLOVECA01&id=_fMEKTOUBMYLOVECA01 |website=www.boxofficemojo.com |accessdate=11 May 2019}}
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Mektoub, My Love: Canto Uno is a 2017 French romantic drama film directed by Abdellatif Kechiche. The film is an adaptation of François Bégaudeau's novel La Blessure, la vraie. It was screened in the main competition section of the 74th Venice International Film Festival.{{cite web |url=http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/venice-film-festival-unveils-lineup-74th-edition-1024415 |title=Venice Competition Includes Films From George Clooney, Guillermo del Toro, Darren Aronofsky|first=Ariston|last=Anderson |work=The Hollywood Reporter|date=27 July 2017 |accessdate=27 July 2017}} A sequel, entitled Intermezzo, was released in 2019.
Plot
In 1994, Amin, a former medical student looking to become a screenwriter, returns from Paris to his hometown of Sète. While there he falls for Ophélie, a young woman who is engaged to another man, but who is having an affair with Amin's cousin Tony.
Cast
- Shaïn Boumédine as Amin
- Ophélie Bau as Ophélie
- Salim Kechiouche as Tony
- Lou Luttiau as Céline
- Alexia Chardard as Charlotte
- Hafsia Herzi as Camélia
- Kamel Saadi as Kamel
Production
In 2017 Kechiche announced he was auctioning off the Palme d'or he had received for his previous film Blue Is the Warmest Colour in order to finish the film. Producers for Mektoub had withdrawn funds during post-production after discovering that Kechiche intended to split Mektoub into two or three films.{{cite web |last1=Roxborough |first1=Scott |title=Director Abdellatif Kechiche: Why I'm Selling My Palme d'Or (Exclusive)|work=The Hollywood Reporter|date=21 June 2017 |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/director-abdellatif-kechiche-why-im-selling-my-palme-dor-1014637 |accessdate=2 May 2019}} Kechiche did find the funds necessary to finish the film and succeeded in splitting the film with the sequel, Mektoub, My Love: Intermezzo premiering in 2019.
Critical response
On review aggregator Rotten Tomatoes, the film holds an approval rating of 55%, based on 20 reviews, with an average rating of 5.2/10.{{cite web|url=https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/mektoub_my_love_canto_uno|title=Mektoub, My Love: Canto Uno|publisher=Rotten Tomatoes|accessdate=11 May 2019}} On Metacritic, which uses a weighted average, the film has a score of 59 out of 100, based on 9 critics, indicating "mixed or average reviews".{{cite web|url=https://www.metacritic.com/movie/mektoub-my-love-canto-uno|title=Mektoub, My Love: Canto Uno reviews|publisher=Metacritic|accessdate=11 May 2019}}
References
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External links
- {{IMDb title|6121444|Mektoub, My Love: Canto Uno}}
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Category:2017 romantic drama films
Category:French romantic drama films
Category:2010s French-language films
Category:Films directed by Abdellatif Kechiche