OTHER PEOPLE'S CHILDREN

[LES ENFANTS DES AUTRES]
When dedicated high school teacher Rachel (Virginie Efira) falls in love with Ali (Roschdy Zem), it's not long before she also falls for his four-year-old daughter Leila. The adolescent giddiness of Rachel and Ali's late-night rendezvous and secret sleepovers evolves into the familiar warmth of family picnics and after-school pickups. Although she feels like a mother, Rachel is not allowed to forget that Lelia is another woman's daughter. She begins to long for a child of her own, but as a 40something woman, she is abundantly aware that she has limited time to begin a family. Rachel must decide whether to embrace the inherent entanglements of her current situation, including the looming presence of Ali's ex-wife Alice (Chiara Mastroianni), or strike out again on her own. OTHER PEOPLE'S CHILDREN is a soulful, sexy and resolutely grown-up story of the elusive quest for agency and belonging. DIR/SCR Rebecca Zlotowski; PROD Frédéric Jouve. France, 2022, color, 104 min. In French with English subtitles. NOT RATED

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Run Time: 104 Minutes

Opening Date: Friday, May 19, 2023

Genre: Comedy-drama, romance