L'Amour Ouf: 5 M Viewers Despite the Icy Cannes Reviews

Released in October 2024, L'Amour Ouf gathered 5 million viewers. Starring Adèle Exarchopoulos, François Civil, Alain Chabat, Vincent Lacoste, Mallory Wanecque, Malik Frikah and Benoît Poelvoorde, the feature plunges into northern France of the 1980s. Jacqueline, a bourgeois high school student, falls in love with Clotaire, a teenager from working-class neighborhoods, whose path turns to petty crime and a robbery that lands him twelve years in prison. The story follows their reunion, between destructive passion and a fire that never goes out. During a screening in Cannes, Lellouche recalls a seventeen minute standing-ovation, followed by an icy critical reception. According to AlloCine, the film has sparked lasting enthusiasm among the public.