Our Children

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Our Children

2013,

1h 51m,

Drama

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93%

43 Reviews

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69%

1,000+ Ratings

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69%

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A doctor brings a boy to Belgium and raises him as his own. When the boy reaches adulthood, he gets married and starts his own family -- but he still relies on the doctor. When trouble strikes his family, the dependence turns into domination.

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Critics Consensus

A wrenching, quietly violent psychodrama, Our Children has the courage to ask difficult questions, and the strength to leave the answers to the viewer.

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Amy Taubin

Film Comment Magazine

Aug 27, 2019

Lafosse explores the psychological and political truth beneath the tabloid clichés in a spare but furious attack on patriarchal authority. As tragedy, Our Children is both classical and contemporary.

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Larushka Ivan-Zadeh

metro.co.uk

Sep 5, 2017

3/5

It's well performed and unflinchingly disturbing, raising bold questions about patriarchy, parenting and mental health.

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Bill Goodykoontz

Arizona Republic

Sep 19, 2013

4.5/5

It's an interesting way to tell a story and a devastating journey, particularly since it's based on a real-life incident.

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Farah Cheded

A Good Movie To Watch

Nov 4, 2023

Above all [...] this is Dequenne’s film, and it’s the devastating ways she shows the life gradually being sucked out of Murielle that makes Our Children so difficult to shake off.

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Patrick Gamble

CineVue

Feb 25, 2019

4/5

A brilliantly crafted example of contemporary storytelling, Lafosse's Our Children provides us an unique insight into a chillingly believable tale of scandal and subterfuge without ever succumbing to cheap, manipulative techniques.

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Laura Clifford

Reeling Reviews

Aug 19, 2013

B+

When the inevitable happens, Lafosse's restraint provokes dread - he's given us a real psychological understanding of the unthinkable.

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Kylo R

Feb 19, 2019

This didn't work for me I'm afraid. The lack of sensationalism and the realism should be applauded but I'm sorry the first half is just dull. As the impact on this poor woman starts to show (based on a true event) you're left feeling that the actual beginning and end of the issues were the woman's mental health. The situation she was in, at least depicted here does not explain the crime.

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Poe S

Feb 8, 2017

Trivial, & disjointed.

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Joachim Lafosse

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Niels Arestrup

André Pinget

Tahar Rahim

Mounir

Émilie Dequenne

Murielle

Baya Belal

Rachida

Stéphane Bissot

Françoise

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Synopsis

A doctor brings a boy to Belgium and raises him as his own. When the boy reaches adulthood, he gets married and starts his own family -- but he still relies on the doctor. When trouble strikes his family, the dependence turns into domination.

Director: Joachim Lafosse
Producer: Jacques-Henri Bronckart, Olivier Bronckart, Jani Thiltges
Screenwriter: Joachim Lafosse, Matthieu Reynaert, Thomas Bidegain
Distributor: Distrib Films
Production Co: Versus Production, Box Productions, Prime Time, RTBF, RTS - Radio Télévision Suisse, Samsa Film, Les Films du Worso
Genre: Drama
Original Language: French (France)
Release Date (Theaters): Aug 2, 2013, Limited
Release Date (Streaming): Jun 16, 2014
Box Office (Gross USA): $5.5K
Runtime: 1h 51m
Aspect Ratio: Scope (2.35:1)

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