LOVE LETTERS – ★★★☆

Deaf was a Spanish film I saw the other day about a deaf mother soon to have her first child, and some of the complexities involved. Today was a French film about two lesbians expecting their first child, and some of the complexities involved. It was set in the mid-2010s, shortly after same-sex marriage was legalised in France, and yet there were still legal and other barriers that stopped short of providing the couple the same experience that a hetero marriage would have, particularly in regards to the non-biological mother’s status as parent for their daughter. The casting and acting of the two leads was great. Overall I think it handled the topic well, and hopefully provided some insight to those less aware of the kinds of bias and extra friction that same-sex couples experience.