Mektoub, My Love: Canto Due

Mektoub, My Love: Canto Due
Promotional poster
Directed byAbdellatif Kechiche
Screenplay by
  • Abdellatif Kechiche
  • Ghalia Lacroix
Based onLa Blessure, la vraie
by François Bégaudeau
Produced by
  • Abdellatif Kechiche
Starring
CinematographyMarco Graziaplena
Edited byLuc Seugé
Production
company
Distributed byPathé Films
Release dates
  • 9 August 2025 (2025-08-09) (Locarno)
  • 3 December 2025 (2025-12-03) (France)
Running time
134 minutes
CountryFrance
Languages
  • French
  • Arabic
  • English

Mektoub, My Love: Canto Due is a 2025 French romantic drama film produced, co-written, and directed by Abdellatif Kechiche. The film is the third and final installment in Kechiche's Mektoub, My Love series, following Canto Uno (2017) and Intermezzo (2019). As its predecessors, it is based on 2011 novel La Blessure, la vraie by François Bégaudeau. It stars Shaïn Boumedine, Ophélie Bau, Salim Kechiouche, Jessica Pennington and Andre Jacobs.

The film had its world premiere in the main competition of the 78th Locarno Film Festival on 9 August 2025, where it was nominated for the Golden Leopard, and received positive reviews by the French press. At the 31st Lumière Awards, it was nominated for Best Film, Best Director and Best Female Revelation (Pennington).

It was theatrically released in France on 3 December by Pathé.