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Along Came Love

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In 1947, on a beach in Normandy, Madeleine, a waitress in a hotel-restaurant and mother of a little boy, meets François, a rich student. Over time, it is discovered what François seeks to escape by intertwining Madeleine's fate with his own.

Critics Reviews

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Peter Bradshaw Guardian 05/30/2025
3/5
This is a very eventful period film that covers a lot of storytelling ground and is acted with forthright confidence. Go to Full Review Jessica Kiang Variety 05/30/2023
The decades-spanning sprawl Quillévéré attempts is ambitious, but absent her usual passionate attachment to her characters, it feels like they are skittering across the surface of history, rather than living, lying and loving within it. Go to Full Review Sophie Monks Kaufman Little White Lies 05/22/2023
Each new episode is written, shot and acted with such vividness that the lulls between narrative reveals never feel frustrating. Go to Full Review Tom Dawson Radio Times 06/11/2025
3/5
The film poses interesting questions around the nature of coupledom, emotional compatibility, and parental love. Go to Full Review Emma Simmonds The List 05/23/2025
3/5
Along Came Love feels like a less distinctive offering than Quillévéré’s previous films. Still, it’s classy, well-acted and engaging throughout. Go to Full Review Alex Heeney Seventh Row 03/22/2024
Although Along Came Love has some major flaws, it’s a well-directed, well-acted piece that I’m glad I could see...Quilléveré is more successful in her story of Madeleine (Demoustier), perhaps because it’s the story closest to her. Go to Full Review Read all reviews

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Sam N @RT61650855 06/25/2025 Along Came Love is a frank, well-acted melodrama about two people bound by secrets they can’t quite name. Shame and desire simmer under real affection, stifled by guilt and repression. It’s more explicit than its rating suggests and emotionally direct throughout. I wish I’d skipped the trailer—it gave too much away—but the film still held my attention and moved me more than once. See more Grahame F @RT35983702 06/21/2025 A film about repressed desires and the censorship of others. Lush and well acted, it starts promisingly. But from the moment we shift into the post war excesses of a bar in a town far from where the two main characters meet, it ceases to be delicately observed and lived, and becomes cruder, more superficial. We don't really get into their heads apart from overdosing on their sexual frustration. There is little insight into love and loyalty. The question that torments the son crops up occasionally, initially very convincingly, but is condensed to a cliché when it could have been explored more subtly within the relationships. For a film seeking to be candid, I thought it was selectively so in the way it critiqued the past. See more Read all reviews
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Cast & Crew

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Katell Quillévéré

Director

Anaïs Demoustier

Madeleine

Vincent Lacoste

François

Morgan Bailey

Actor

Simon Rérolle

Actor

Dylan Hawkes

Rémi
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Movie Info

Synopsis In 1947, on a beach in Normandy, Madeleine, a waitress in a hotel-restaurant and mother of a little boy, meets François, a rich student. Over time, it is discovered what François seeks to escape by intertwining Madeleine's fate with his own.
Director
Katell Quillévéré
Producer
Philippe Martin, Jean-Yves Roubin, Justin Taurand, David Thion, Cassandre Warnauts
Screenwriter
Katell Quillévéré, Gilles Taurand, Katell Quillévéré, Gilles Taurand
Production Co
Les Films Pelleas, Frakas Productions
Genre
Drama, Romance
Original Language
French
Runtime
2h 5m