Mektoub, My Love: Canto Uno is a 2017 French romantic drama film produced, co-written, and 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. Two sequels were released in the following years, Intermezzo in 2019 and Canto Due in 2025.
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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 Boumedine as Amin
Ophélie Bau as Ophélie
Salim Kechiouche as Tony
Lou Luttiau as Céline
Alexia Chardard as Charlotte
Hafsia Herzi as Camélia