Synopsis
Rachel loves her life, her students, her friends, her ex, her guitar lessons. When she falls in love with Ali, she grows close to his 4-year-old daughter, Leila. She tucks her in, looks after her, and loves her like a mother... which she isn’t. Not yet. Rachel is 40. The desire for a family of her own is growing stronger, and the clock is ticking. Is it too late?
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Cast
- Virginie EfiraRachel Friedmann
- Roschdy ZemAli Ben Attia
- Chiara MastroianniAlice
- Callie Ferreira-GoncalvesLeïla
- Yamée CoutureLouana Friedmann
- Henri-Noël TabaryVincent
- Victor LefebvreDylan Leklou
- Sébastien PouderouxPaul
- Michel ZlotowskiMonsieur Friedmann
- Mireille PerrierMadame Roucheray
Recommendations
- 90
Variety
Zlotowski’s deft, perceptive original screenplay is keenly attuned to the cutting emotional impact of a passing remark or overheard jab, and the unintended microaggressions that parents occasionally toss at their child-free peers. - 83
IndieWire
Efira imparts her character’s early anticipation — and eventual yearning, bliss, and hurt — using nothing but a glance. Rachel is a woman of the world with a universe inside. - 83
The Playlist
Other People’s Children is a moving rumination on the pains caused by the unbudging pillars of traditional parenting. It is a rare offering in its enlightened kindness, and a heartbreaking one, too. - 80
CineVue
Nothing particularly unusual or dramatic happens for the first hour of the film, and yet it is so beautifully done and engaging that the whole thing is riveting to watch. - 80
The Hollywood Reporter
It’s never assembly-line generic: Zlotowski is coloring within the lines here, but with generous strokes of nuance and feeling. - 70
Screen Daily
It’s a halfway house between reality and the desires and dreams and disappointments of a 40 year-old woman, and should be appreciated as such by Francophone audiences everywhere. - 60
The Guardian
It is a gentle, heartfelt relationship drama about – and for – intelligent adults.
