Rebecca Zlotowski is finally scaling the heights of major international film festivals with her 5th feature film, Other People's Children [+lee también:
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Stealing focus in the cast of her new opus, we find Belgian actress Virginie Efira (nominated for the Best Actress César in 2017, 2019, 2021 and 2022 thanks to In Bed With Victoria [+lee también:
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Written by the director, the story revolves around Rachel who is 40 years old and has no children. She loves her life: her high school pupils, her friends, her exes, her guitar lessons… When she falls in love with Ali, she forms an attachment with Leila, Ali’s four-year-old daughter. She tucks her up in bed, looks after her and loves her as if she were her own. But loving other people’s children is a risky business…

Other People's Children is produced by Frédéric Jouve on behalf of Les Films Velvet, in co-production with France 3 Cinéma. Pre-purchased by Canal+, Ciné+ and France Télévisions, the feature film also benefits from a CNC advance on receipts, as well as support from the SOFICA companies Indéfilms, Cinécap and Cineventure. Photography comes courtesy of Georges Lechaptois while the film’s music is composed by ROB. Ad Vitam will manage the movie’s release in France on 21 September, with sales in the hands of Wild Bunch International.

For the record, Les Films Velvet won an award in Cannes’ Un Certain Regard section in May by way of Lise Akoka and Romane Gueret’s The Worst Ones [+lee también:
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