[2] Mi Iubita Mon Amour was Noémie Merlant's feature film directorial debut.

[3] The film came about on the "spur of the moment" during a visit to Romania by Merlant, Gimi-Nicolae Covaci, and other cast members—Merlant's close friends—in the summer of 2020.

[6] Mi Iubita Mon Amour premiered on 13 July 2021 in Special Screenings at the Cannes Film Festival.

[8] The Guardian critic Peter Bradshaw described the film's dialogue scenes as "very watchable", but thought the ending was unsatisfying.

[2] A critic for Screen Daily credited the film for its "sure-footed handling of tangled emotional issues",[9] though an IndieWire editor found Merlant "unwilling to grapple with the uncomfortable questions her story asks" regarding the relationship of Nino and Jeanne.