Despite some warranted detractors targeting Abdellatif Kechiche’s male gaze in Blue in the Warmest Color, his romantic drama had no problems picking up the Palme d’Or back at Cannes a few years ago. He’s now back with his new film, Mektoub, My Love: Canto Uno, but the same sort of acclaim hasn’t returned.
The first in a potential series tracking the life of a young screenwriter who heads to the Mediterranean, many critics out of its Venice premiere lambasted the director over his masturbatory sensibilities. While we’ll have to wait to see it for ourselves when it picks up U.S. distribution, the first teaser has landed.
If you’re looking for a different take, despite most reactions swaying mixed-negative, Film Comment said, “You wince at the camera’s undisguised lechery, but the sheer exuberance knocks you over. Mektoub, My Love is perhaps the most...
The first in a potential series tracking the life of a young screenwriter who heads to the Mediterranean, many critics out of its Venice premiere lambasted the director over his masturbatory sensibilities. While we’ll have to wait to see it for ourselves when it picks up U.S. distribution, the first teaser has landed.
If you’re looking for a different take, despite most reactions swaying mixed-negative, Film Comment said, “You wince at the camera’s undisguised lechery, but the sheer exuberance knocks you over. Mektoub, My Love is perhaps the most...
- 9/11/2017
- by Jordan Raup
- The Film Stage
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