Mektoub, My Love: Canto Uno

Mektoub, My Love: Canto Uno

For love, only Mektoub can decide.

Part of Mektoub is Mektoub

2018•3h 1m•6.7/10

RomanceDrama

Ratings

🎬TMDb

6.7/10(325)

Amin, an aspiring screenwriter living in Paris, returns home for the summer, in Sète, South of France. It is a time of reconnecting with his family and his childhood friends. Together with his cousin Tony and his best friend Ophélie, he spends his time between the Tunisian restaurant run by his parents, the local bars and the beaches frequented by girls on holiday.

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Production

Quat'sous Films, Good Films, France 2 Cinéma, Bianca Film, Nuvola Film, Pathé

Language

FR

Status

Released

Release Date

Cast

Shaïn Boumedine

Shaïn Boumedine

Amin

Ophélie Bau

Ophélie Bau

Ophélie

Salim Kéchiouche

Salim Kéchiouche

Tony

Lou Luttiau

Lou Luttiau

Céline

Alexia Chardard

Alexia Chardard

Charlotte

Hafsia Herzi

Hafsia Herzi

Camélia

Delinda Kechiche

Delinda Kechiche

Amin's mother

Kamel Saadi

Kamel Saadi

Kamel

Hatika Karaoui

Hatika Karaoui

Tony's mother

Meleinda Elasfour

Meleinda Elasfour

Mel

Hamid Rahmi

Hamid Rahmi

Joe

Roméo de Lacour

Roméo de Lacour

Aimé

Karina Kolokolchykova

Karina Kolokolchykova

Russian girl

Mohamed Souda

Amin's father

David Ribeiro

David Ribeiro

Fernando

Lydia Bouchali-Zemmour

Lamia

Thomas Fessard

Thomas

Sième Miladi

Sième Miladi

Sieme

Christophe Brodu

Christophe Brodu

Ophélie's father

Charlotte Jude

Ophélie's sister

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