photograph
- courtesy La Biennale
di Venezia
Mektoub, My Love: Canto Uno
Abdellatif Kechiche
Abdellatif
Kechiche’s Mektoub,
My Love: Canto Uno with Shain Boumedine, Ophelie Bau, Salim Kechiouche, Lou
Luttiau, Alexia Chardard, Hafsia Herzi, Kamel Saadi, Estefania Argelich is from the novel La blessure la vraie by
Francois Begaudeau.
Amin, an aspiring screenwriter living in Paris,
returns home for the summer, to a fishing village in the 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 Ophelie, he spends his time between the
Tunisian restaurant run by his parents, the local bars and the beaches
frequented by girls on holiday. Enchanted by the many female characters who
surround him, Amin remains in awe of these summer sirens while his Dionysian
cousin throws himself into their carnal delights with euphoria. Armed with his
camera and guided by the bright summer light of the Mediterranean coast, Amin
pursues his philosophical quest while gathering inspiration for his
screenplays. When it comes to love, only destiny, only Mektoub can decide. This
coming-of-age saga set in 1994 casts a nostalgic glow on the wonders of youth.
photograph
- courtesy La Biennale
di Venezia
Abdellatif Kechiche
Director
Contessanally – this fast paced three hour long movie is about teenage
love in the South of France during the summer vacations and celebrates life –
8/10.
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