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Our Children

Country: Belgium | Luxembourg | France | Switzerland, Language: French, 111 mins

Original Title

À perdre la raison
  • Director: Joachim Lafosse
  • Writer: Thomas Bidegain; Joachim Lafosse
  • Producer: Jacques-Henri Bronckart; Olivier Bronckart

CGiii Comment

Bleak despair...beautifully wrought.

The sinister undercurrent is continuous and contaminating...what exactly is the relationship between the doctor and his 'adopted' son???

But...it is the disintegration of Murielle that will keep you glued. A bewildering, exquisite performance.

The complexity and the horror of this film is stifling, infuriating and shocking - Lafosse retains control throughout and delivers a punch like no other...watch it gather awards.


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The(ir) Blurb...

Like millions of other couples, Mounir and Murielle fall in love. Like millions of other couples, Mounir and Murielle have children. But unlike them, they accept to give up their autonomy by agreeing to live with Mounir's well off adoptive father, Doctor André Pinget. On the material level, all is well. But a house is not a home, and Murielle feels more and more stifled...

Cast & Characters

Niels Arestrup as Le docteur Andre Pinget;
Tahar Rahim as Mounir;
Emilie Dequenne as Murielle;
Stephane Bissot as Francoise;
Mounia Raoui as Fatima Pinget;
Redouane Behache as Samir;
Baya Belal as Rachida;
Nathalie Boutefeu as Le docteur De Clerck;
Yannick Renier as Le medecin radiologue;
Claire Bodson as La femme policier a l'hopital