Adoption

Adoption

98 mins | Drama, Thriller | Jan. 10, 1979

A couple takes on a homeless teenager. The trio forms a family-like community that seems to work extremely informally and without many regulations. But then the harmonic situation escalates as the boy falls in love with his "adoptive mother".

Adoption

98 mins | Drama, Thriller | Jan. 10, 1979

Adoption
A couple takes on a homeless teenager. The trio forms a family-like community that seems to work extremely informally and without many regulations. But then the harmonic situation escalates as the boy falls in love with his "adoptive mother".
Producers Reggane Films, Société Française de Production (SFP), France 3, Michael Arthur Films, Les Films du Triangle
Original title L'Adoption
Directors Marc Grunebaum
Writers Peter Krall, Magdeleine Dailloux, Marc Grunebaum, Bernard Stora

Cast

Geraldine Chaplin

as Catherine

Jacques Perrin

as Jacques

Patrick Norbert

as Étienne

Gérard Lorin

as Doctor

May Chartrette

as Étienne's Grandmother

Chloé Caillat

as Madame Simone

Monique Delaroche

as Jacques' Mother

Jean-Paul Bernier

as Jacques' Father

Marie Dupin

as Nurse