Love Letters () is a 2025 French drama film written and directed by Alice Douard in her directorial debut. It stars Ella Rumpf and Monia Chokri as a couple expecting their first daughter.
It had its world premiere at the Critics' Week section of the 2025 Cannes Film Festival on 17 May, where it was also nominated for Caméra d'Or and Queer Palm.
Premise Set in 2014, Céline reconnects with her estranged mother and old friends as she seeks legal recognition of her parental rights while preparing with her wife, Nadia, for the arrival of their first child.
Cast Ella Rumpf as Céline Monia Chokri as Nadia Noémie Lvovsky as Marguerite Orgen, Céline's estranged mother
Production In April 2023, the project was received production grant from the CNC. Principal photography took place over six weeks in May and June 2024 in Paris and Bordeaux.
In an interview with Critics' Week, Douard said Love Letters drew on her personal experience of adopting her daughter, whom her wife gave birth to in 2018.
Release Love Letters had its world premiere at the Critics' Week section of the 2025 Cannes Film Festival on 17 May, where it was nominated for Caméra d'Or and Queer Palm. It was theatrically released in France on 19 November 2025. It garnered 88,601 admissions during its theatrical run.
Reception Critical reception Writing for Variety, Catherine Bray described the film as an "undeniably modest drama". She further praised it as "beautifully realized and broadly relatable".
Accolades Film festival or award Date of ceremony Category Recipient(s) Result Cannes Film Festival24 June 2025 Caméra d'OrAlice Douard Queer Palm Filmfest Hamburg 4 October 2025 Hamburg Audience Award Zurich Film Festival 4 October 2025 Golden Eye for Best Feature Film Gijón International Film Festival 22 November 2025 Europa Film Festivals – Young Europe Award
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