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Love at First Child

2015 · 91 min

A gentle, chatty French comedy that ambles along with mild charm, mixing family awkwardness with a soft middle-aged romance.

Directed by
Anne Giafferi
Genres
Romance, Comedy
Starring
Isabelle Carré, Patrick Bruel, Laurent Stocker
Overview
Gabriell is a single mother, her 17-year-old daughter Claire is pregnant, however the child's father Simon has no desire to be involved with his future baby. When Gabrielle takes matters into her own hands and asks Simon's father Ange for help, an unexpected relationship begins.

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Stream in the UK
  • Amazon Prime Video
More options Data from JustWatch
Directed by
Anne Giafferi
Genres
Romance, Comedy
Starring
Isabelle Carré, Patrick Bruel, Laurent Stocker
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Tone
  • warmstrength 2 of 3
  • lightstrength 2 of 3
  • romanticstrength 1 of 3
  • earneststrength 1 of 3
Pacing
measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
easy-watch, 2 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • family
  • parenthood
  • love
  • coming-of-age
  • healing
Places
  • big city
  • home
Era
contemporary
Audience
teen
Form
None
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language mild
  • Violence none
  • Sex mild
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action1
Horror0
Humour6
Realism7
Romance7
Tension3
Darkness3
Complexity3
Emotional weight5

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Details

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romance, comedy
Directed by
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Written by
Anne Giafferi, Anne Le Ny
Starring
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Music
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Cinematography
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Runtime
91 min
Country
France
Languages
French

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