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The Adopted

2011 · 100 min

A quiet, tender French drama about shifting bonds and quiet heartache, unfolding with gentle emotional weight and a warm, melancholic glow.

Directed by
Mélanie Laurent
Genres
Drama
Starring
Mélanie Laurent, Denis Ménochet, Marie Denarnaud
Overview
Lisa and Marine live a life of relative companionship together, where the only man permitted into the equation is Lisa’s young son, Leo. However, their simple existence is thrown into disarray when Marie meets and falls in love with Alex, a customer at her bookshop. Lisa is left feeling excluded, and tension develop. But soon an unexpected accident forces all of those involved to reassess the situation and adopt a different position in each other’s lives.

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Directed by
Mélanie Laurent
Genres
Drama
Starring
Mélanie Laurent, Denis Ménochet, Marie Denarnaud
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Tone
  • melancholicstrength 2 of 3
  • warmstrength 2 of 3
  • tensestrength 1 of 3
  • earneststrength 2 of 3
Pacing
measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • family
  • love
  • friendship
  • grief
  • identity
Places
  • big city
  • home
  • workplace
Era
contemporary
Audience
adult
Form
None
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language mild
  • Violence mild
  • Sex mild
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Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action1
Horror0
Humour3
Realism8
Romance4
Tension4
Darkness4
Complexity5
Emotional weight7

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Details

Genres
drama
Directed by
Mélanie Laurent
Written by
Mélanie Laurent, Morgan Perez, Chris Deslandes
Starring
Mélanie Laurent, Denis Ménochet, Marie Denarnaud, Clémentine Célarié, Audrey Lamy, Theodore Maquet-Foucher, Morgan Perez, Nicolas Medad
Cinematography
Arnaud Potier
Runtime
100 min
Country
France
Languages
French

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