In Safe Hands

Dec 5, 2018

1h 52m

★ 7.4

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.

Genres

Drama

Production Companies

France 3 Cinéma

Chi-Fou-Mi Productions

Les Productions du Trésor

StudioCanal

Artémis Productions

In Safe Hands Trailers

Cast

Karine

Sandrine Kiberlain

Jean

Gilles Lellouche

Alice

Élodie Bouchez

Lydie

Olivia Côte

Mathilde

Clotilde Mollet

Alice's Father

Jean-François Stévenin

Karine's Ex-Husband

Bruno Podalydès

Irène

Miou-Miou

Clara

Leïla Muse

Élodie, a childcare assistant

Stéfi Celma

Midwife

Aude Léger

Laure

Anne Suarez

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