07/10/2025 - The Belgian filmmaker reunites with Charlotte Vandermeersch and Luca Marinelli for an intimate new drama exploring love, honesty and emotional renewal

l-r: Director Felix van Groeningen (© Christophe De Muynck), actress Charlotte Vandermeersch (© Christophe De Muynck) and actor Luca Marinelli (© Riccardo Ghilardi)

Principal photography is under way in Belgium on Academy Award-nominated director Felix van Groeningen’s new feature Let Love In, co-written with Charlotte Vandermeersch and Anne Paulicevich. The film marks van Groeningen’s first project since the Cannes Jury Prize-winning The Eight Mountains [+see also:
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Let Love In is the story of one couple’s emotional journey as they question everything they once took for granted when a long-kept affair is confessed. But what looks like a tale of a relationship in crisis reveals itself as a story of healing and reconnection. A quest begins for honesty, true intimacy and deep understanding, redefining what it means to be lovers.

The film stars Vandermeersch, who also co-directed The Eight Mountains, alongside Italian actor Luca Marinelli (The Eight Mountains, Mussolini: Son of the Century [+see also:
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Van Groeningen is best known for The Broken Circle Breakdown [+see also:
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interview: Felix van Groeningen
interview: Felix Van Groeningen
interview: Felix Van Groeningen
film profile], which was nominated for Best Foreign-language Film at the 86th Academy Awards, and for the critically acclaimed Beautiful Boy, starring Timothée Chalamet and Steve Carell. Together with Vandermeersch, he received the Cannes Jury Prize in 2022 for The Eight Mountains. The shoot, spanning 35 days, is taking place across several Belgian locations and is now entering its final stages.

Let Love In is a Belgian-Italian co-production staged by Hans Everaert for Antwerp-based Menuetto, and van Groeningen and Vandermeersch for their company, Rufus, in co-production with Mario Gianani, Lorenzo Mieli and Lorenzo Gangarossa for Mediawan-owned OUR Films, with Circle One serving as a collaborator. Financing comes from the Flanders Audiovisual Fund (VAF), Kinepolis Film Distribution (KFD), Proximus, VRT and the Belgian Tax Shelter, in cooperation with BNP Paribas Fortis Film Finance and Casa Kafka Pictures. Kinepolis will handle the Belgian release. International sales are managed by The Match Factory, while MUBI also acts as co-financier and distributor.