In Safe Hands

In Safe Hands

2018 · 112 min · FR · 7.4 (447 votes)
Dir. Jeanne Herry · Starring Sandrine Kiberlain, Gilles Lellouche, Élodie Bouchez, Olivia Côte, Clotilde Mollet, Jean-François Stévenin · Music Pascal Sangla
Drama

Théo is given up for adoption by his biological mother on the very day he is born. After this anonymous birth, the mother has two months to change her mind… Or not. The child welfare services and adoption service spring into action… The former have to take care of the baby and support it during this limbo-like time, this period of uncertainty, while the latter must find a woman to become his adoptive mother. She is called Alice, and she has spent the last ten years fighting to have a child.

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This film feels like a quiet, intimate observation of the complex emotional journey surrounding adoption. It's a tender, sometimes difficult, but ultimately hopeful look at the search for family and belonging.

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