Alice Douard directs her first feature film with Proof of Love, an intimate comedy-drama starring Ella Rumpf, Monia Chokri, and Noémie Lvovsky. Presented in a special screening at the 2025 Cannes Film Festival's Critics' Week, the film will be released in French theaters on November 19, 2025.
Proofs of Love follows Céline and Nadia, a female couple expecting their first child. In three months, Nadia will give birth, while Céline, the non-pregnant partner, seeks her place in this shared motherhood. Between the gaze of loved ones, social pressure, and legal ambiguities, Céline tries to find the legitimacy that is still denied her.
With her restrained direction, Alice Douard explores the nuances of contemporary parenthood, gendered expectations, and the quest for identity within a couple. The film paints a sensitive portrait of a woman on the margins of family norms, confronted with a world where love is not always enough to make a family.
A former student at La Fémis, Alice Douard made a name for herself with her short films Les Filles and L'Attente, the latter of which won the César Award for Best Short Film in 2022. Proofs of Love continues her favorite themes: intimacy, motherhood, and social recognition of female desire.
The film, both modest and forthright, accurately addresses the complexities of co-motherhood and the strength of romantic bonds in the face of still rigid legal frameworks. It stands out as one of the most notable French feature films of the year.
Proof of Love
Film | 2025
In theaters November 19, 2025
Comedy-drama | Running time: 1 hour 37 minutes
By Alice Douard | Starring Ella Rumpf, Monia Chokri, Noémie Lvovsky
Nationality: France
A delicate and sincere debut feature film about shared motherhood, parentage, and the need to be recognized as a mother in her own right.
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