52 Films by Women Vol 10. 34. LOVE ME TENDER (Director: Anna Cazenave Cambet)
Pictured : Paul ( Viggo Ferreira-Redler , centre) shows his unhappiness towards his mother, Clémence ( Vicky Krieps , left) in a scene from writer-director Anna Cazenave Cambet 's film, ' Love Me Tender ', based on Constance Debré 's 2020 novel. Still courtesy of Tandem (France) / Peccadillo Pictures (UK) After two viewings, I still don’t know what to make of Love Me Tender , writer-director Anna Cazenave Cambet’s adaptation of Constance Debré’s 2020 semi-autobiographical novel, featuring Vicky Krieps in the lead role as Clémence, a lawyer turned novelist who reveals her lesbian identity to her ex-husband, Laurent (Antoine Reinartz) and finds herself separated from her eight-year-old son, Paul (Viggo Ferreira-Redler) as a result. It is a film that respects Debré’s first person narration; there is no attempt to understand or justify Laurent’s response, psychologically or socially. This is a film that explores Clémence’s victimhood and how it impacts her relationship...