Love Letters (French: Des preuves d'amour) 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.
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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
On the review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes, 100% of 11 critics' reviews are positive. Writing for Variety, Catherine Bray described the film as an "undeniably modest drama". She further praised it as "beautifully realized and broadly relatable".