"CANNES, France — In “Loving,” which was unveiled here on Monday to raves, the director Jeff Nichols tells the story of Richard and Mildred Loving, the interracial couple whose 1958 marriage broke Virginia’s anti-miscegenation law and eventually led to the landmark Supreme Court ruling that deemed marriage a human right."
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Both Edgerton and Negga are beyond extraordinary.
Undeniably great.
“Jeff’s script is so beautifully written. This is a story that gets into your heart and touches deep wells of feeling. ”
They weren’t martyrs, and didn’t want to be. They weren’t symbols, and didn’t want to be. They were two people in love who wanted to be with each other and their family.