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In Safe Hands

2018 · 112 min

A quietly absorbing, humane procedural that follows the emotional limbo of adoption with tenderness and restraint.

Directed by: Jeanne Herry
Genres: Drama
Starring: Sandrine Kiberlain, Gilles Lellouche, Élodie Bouchez

Overview: 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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Directed by: Jeanne Herry
Genres: Drama
Starring: Sandrine Kiberlain, Gilles Lellouche, Élodie Bouchez

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Tone: earneststrength 2 of 3
warmstrength 2 of 3
melancholicstrength 1 of 3
tensestrength 1 of 3
Pacing: measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention: engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: parenthood
family
identity
grief
healing
Places: hospital
workplace
home
Era: contemporary
Audience: adult
Form: ensemble
procedural
Content intensity: Gore none
Language mild
Violence none
Sex mild

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Realism	8
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Darkness	4
Complexity	6
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Genres: drama
Directed by: Jeanne Herry
Written by: Jeanne Herry
Starring: Sandrine Kiberlain, Gilles Lellouche, Élodie Bouchez, Olivia Côte, Clotilde Mollet, Jean-François Stévenin, Bruno Podalydès, Miou-Miou
Music: Pascal Sangla
Cinematography: Sofian El Fani
Runtime: 112 min
Country: Belgium, France
Languages: French

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