Love Me Tender
Rendez-Vous with French Cinema 2026
March 5 - 15
Vicky Krieps gives a towering performance as a passionate, caring mother fighting for custody of her 8-year-old son against a legal system slanted against women who don’t conform to traditional images of motherhood.
After a seemingly friendly divorce from Laurent (Antoine Reinartz), writer Clémence (a wonderful Vicky Krieps) begins exploring her sexuality by serially dating women. When she tells Laurent about this new development, their relationship suddenly becomes fraught as he unexpectedly decides to withhold access to their 8-year-old child Paul (Viggo Ferreira-Redier). So begins a vicious multiyear legal saga over custody rights, pitting Clémence against not just her ex-husband, but an entire legal system slanted against women who don’t conform to traditional images of motherhood. Adapted from Constance Debré’s semi-autobiographical novel, Love Me Tender is anchored by a towering performance from Vicky Krieps (Corsage, NYFF60) as a passionate, caring mother fighting with all her power to maintain the most important relationship from her old life while defiantly embarking upon a new one.
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