Mektoub, My Love: Intermezzo

Mektoub, My Love: Intermezzo is a 2019 French erotic drama film directed by Abdellatif Kechiche.[1] It premiered In Competition at the 2019 Cannes Film Festival where it was widely panned.[2] The film is a sequel to Kechiche's 2017 film Mektoub, My Love: Canto Uno. Like its predecessor, the film is an adaptation of the French novel La Blessure, la vraie written by François Bégaudeau.[3][4] As its title suggests, the film is an interlude with a third and final film in the works. As of 2021, because of the ongoing legal battles of Kechiche's production company the film remains unseen outside of its Cannes premiere, with controversy also surrounding its treatment of lead actress Ophélie Bau. The third and final film, which has been reported as complete, is also in jeopardy.[5]