{"id":727132,"date":"2026-08-04T11:16:15","date_gmt":"2026-08-04T11:16:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/727132\/"},"modified":"2026-08-04T11:16:15","modified_gmt":"2026-08-04T11:16:15","slug":"love-me-tender-movie-review-the-upcoming","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/727132\/","title":{"rendered":"Love Me Tender | Movie review \u2013 The Upcoming"},"content":{"rendered":"

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\n Love Me Tender | Movie review\n <\/p>\n

3rd August 2026 <\/p>\n

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Adapted from Constance Debr\u00e9\u2019s novel of the same name, Anna Cazenave Cambet\u2019s second feature follows Cl\u00e9mence (Vicky Krieps), a lawyer-turned-writer fighting to regain custody of her young son, Paul (Viggo Ferreira-Redier), as she comes to terms with her queer identity. The legal battle with her ex-husband, Laurent (Antoine Reinartz), simmers in the background as Cambet crafts a poignant exploration of distance \u2013 between mother and child, between intention and action, between how women behave and how they are expected to.<\/p>\n

Cambet allows her characters to linger in the awkward silences of ordinary encounters and the quiet shock of the unexpected. One of the film\u2019s most striking choices comes when Cl\u00e9mence shaves her head \u2013 a gesture often reduced to tired shorthand for breakdown or reinvention. Here, it happens off-screen, between cuts, without warning or explanation. When Cl\u00e9mence reappears, her hair is gone. She offers no commentary, and no other character acknowledges it. The haircut isn\u2019t rebellion or liberation. Like her sexual encounters, it is stripped of symbolism and spectacle \u2013 it exists as an act, not a statement.<\/p>\n

The director has a keen eye for small, telling contradictions. In one scene, Cl\u00e9mence, seated beside Paul during a supervised visit, learns with muted disbelief that her ex-husband has given Paul an iPhone and instructed him not to share his number. It\u2019s a quiet cruelty \u2013 another bureaucratic barrier drawn between mother and child. The moment becomes more piercing when contrasted with a later encounter: in a bar, Cl\u00e9mence sits beside a woman named Sarah (Monia Chokri) and acquires her number with ease. We learn that Paul is now in preparatory school, an age when everything shifts quickly. Cl\u00e9mence no longer knows who his best friends are or what food he currently likes \u2013 almost banal details that land with devastating emotional weight.<\/p>\n

The film\u2019s emotional crescendo arrives as classical music swells over what might otherwise be a pivotal scene. Cl\u00e9mence, once again attempting to file a report against her ex-husband, isn\u2019t interrupted by another character, but instead drowned out by the score. Her words are present \u2013 yet unheard. The soundtrack overtakes her, as if the system itself \u2013 impersonal and overwhelming \u2013 has absorbed her voice.\u00a0Love Me Tender\u00a0does not end in resolution or catharsis. Instead, it offers something far more truthful: the recognition that estrangement rarely comes with rupture \u2013 it settles in quietly, until absence feels ordinary.<\/p>\n

Christina Yang<\/p>\n

Love Me Tender is released nationwide on 7th August 2026.<\/p>\n

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