Les enfants des autres
A childless woman forms a deep bond with her boyfriend's young daughter.
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""Other People's Children" is a French drama exploring motherhood's complexities and family dynamics. The film follows Rachel, a high school teacher who falls in love with Ali, who is separated from his wife and has a young daughter. The movie starts with a romantic image of the Eiffel Tower at night, which sets the tone for the dreamy and idyllic opening moments. However, the film quickly delves into the bittersweet reality of the characters' lives, with unarticulated tensions and inconvenient desires. The acting performances are outstanding, with Virginie Efira deliv..."
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Writer/director Rebecca Zlotowski wanted to adapt "Your Ticket Is No Longer Valid" from novelist Romain Gary to the screen, envisioning Roschdy Zem in the lead role. The story is about a business man whose power is failing him, in his business, his sexuality, his marriage, and Zlotowski ended up seeing herself in it, as a childless 40-year-old woman but step-mother to her partner's children. So she set up to make a movie about the step-mothers, which are usually depicted as either evil in dramas or comically overwhelmed in comedies. Coincidentally, during pre-production, she got pregnant, and gave birth to her first child after the end of post-production.
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A childless woman forms a deep bond with her boyfriend's young daughter.