Director: Anna Cazenave Cambet
Cast: Vicky Krieps, Antoine Reinartz, Monia Chokri, Viggo Ferreira Redier, Aurélia Petit
Love Me Tender is a 2025 French drama film directed by Anna Cazenave Cambet, starring Vicky Krieps as Clémence, a woman who comes out to her ex-husband and faces a brutal custody battle that forces her to fight for her identity, her child, and her freedom — over years of legal and emotional struggle.
What is Love Me Tender about?
When Clémence finally tells her ex-husband that she has had relationships with women, she expects tension — but not the legal war that follows. He moves to strip her of custody of their son, and suddenly her most private truths become evidence in a courtroom. The film follows Clémence across several years as she navigates a legal system that reduces her life to a question of fitness. At the center is not courtroom drama but something quieter: what it costs a woman to insist on her right to exist fully — as a mother, as a person, as herself. Cazenave Cambet keeps the camera close, letting the weight accumulate gradually rather than in crisis peaks.
Cast & crew
Vicky Krieps — known for physically and emotionally demanding roles — anchors the film with a restrained, lived-in performance as Clémence. Antoine Reinartz plays the ex-husband, and Monia Chokri appears in a key supporting role. The ensemble includes Viggo Ferreira Redier, Aurélia Petit, Park Ji-min, Salif Cissé, and Julien de Saint Jean. Director Anna Cazenave Cambet makes a strong feature debut with a cast she clearly trusts.
Context & significance
For Persian-speaking viewers in the diaspora, Love Me Tender speaks to something recognizable across cultures: the way institutions — family court, social expectation, law — can be turned into instruments against a woman who refuses to conform. Iranian diaspora audiences who have watched mothers, sisters, or friends fight systems that define them by a single verdict will find the film's emotional logic familiar even when the setting is contemporary France. The film is available on K-Time with a Persian dub and Persian subtitles, meaning viewers can follow every nuance in the language they are most comfortable with.
Where & how to watch
Love Me Tender is available on K-Time with a Persian dub and Persian subtitles. Watch on the web, on your TV, or on your phone — no extra download needed, no VPN required, no geo-blocking. Start a subscription and cancel anytime.