Celine and her wife are expecting their first child. However she has to get testimonials from a wide variety of people saying she would be a good parent so that she can legally adopt the child.
I am in awe of this film. I went from thinking it wasn't going to be anything special, to enjoying the technical aspects of the film, to suddenly finding I was full on invested. I wasn't watching a movie, I was hanging out with friends. This went from being a movie to being a real life adventure. By the time the end came and I was reaching for tissues and I found myself screaming out loud "DON'T STOP NOW"
I have no idea who Alice Douard is but by god is she a masterful filmmaker. She isn't telling a story she is recording life. Every moment feels real. I don't know when I ever felt that every moment was real and right. There doesn't seem to be scripted drama any where in this film, it is just people living their lives. More importantly she knows how to tell her story. The perfect music drops in at just the right moment, the images become what ever they need to be (split screen? If that would make the sequence work better, absolutely).
The cast is absolutely spot on. Everyone is in their perfect role. Most importantly the relationship between the two women at the center bleeds off the screen. You can feel their connection and love as a physical ray. We fall in love with them, so much so that by the time the line "you two look beautiful" is uttered we are ready to burst into joyous tears.
This is not only one of the great films of 2025 but it could be argued that, in its way, it is one of the greatest love stories ever put on film.
This film is an absolute materpiece and I am in absolute awe of it. Words fail me because I simply can not believe what I have seen. More to the point I have a slate of other films from Cannes and I can't wait to revisit this jewel in the crown of cinema in order to write it up perfectly.
Do yourself a favor and search this film out. I expect it to have its fans but I also expect that the cineastes who choose the big awards films may ignore it, or worse shunt it to smaller fests. Truth be told if this were an American film and was coming from Hollywood this film would win every damn award under the sun.
See LOVE LETTERS.
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