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In Your Arms

2009 · 83 min

A quiet, earnest French drama about a teenager seeking his birth mother, carried by raw emotional honesty and a slow, hopeful ache.

Directed by
Hubert Gillet
Genres
Drama
Starring
Michèle Laroque, Martin Loizillon, Lola Naymark
Overview
Louis was adopted when he was just a baby. Now sixteen-year-old Louis wants to know where he comes from. He therefore heads south to find the mother he's never known. Totally thrown by this unexpected visit, Solange rejects the child she never desired. Louis will nevertheless do everything he can to make her accept him.

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Directed by
Hubert Gillet
Genres
Drama
Starring
Michèle Laroque, Martin Loizillon, Lola Naymark
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Tone
  • melancholicstrength 2 of 3
  • earneststrength 2 of 3
  • tensestrength 1 of 3
  • warmstrength 1 of 3
Pacing
measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • identity
  • family
  • parenthood
  • isolation
  • healing
Places
  • countryside
  • small town
Era
contemporary
Audience
teen
Form
None
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language mild
  • Violence none
  • Sex mild
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Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action1
Horror0
Humour2
Realism8
Romance2
Tension4
Darkness4
Complexity4
Emotional weight7

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Details

Genres
drama
Directed by
Hubert Gillet
Written by
Hubert Gillet, Anna da Palma
Starring
Michèle Laroque, Martin Loizillon, Lola Naymark, Catherine Mouchet, Marc Bertolini, Marie-Bénédicte Roy, Mélanie Leray, Mariana Ramos
Music
Renaud Mayeur
Cinematography
Crystel Fournier
Runtime
83 min
Country
France
Languages
French

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