In Safe Hands

In Safe Hands

112 mins | Drama | Dec. 5, 2018

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.

In Safe Hands

112 mins | Drama | Dec. 5, 2018

In Safe Hands
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.
IMDb rating 7.2
Producers France 3 Cinéma, StudioCanal, Les Productions du Trésor, Artémis Productions, Chi-Fou-Mi Productions
Original title Pupille
Directors Christian Alzieu, Chloé Rudolf, Jeanne Herry
Writers Jeanne Herry

Cast

Sandrine Kiberlain

as Karine, specialized educator

Gilles Lellouche

as Jean, a family assistant

Élodie Bouchez

as Alice Langlois, candidate for adoption

Olivia Côte

as Lydie, a social assistant

Clotilde Mollet

as Mathilde François, social worker

Jean-François Stévenin

as Alice's father

Bruno Podalydès

as Jacques, Karine's ex-husband

Miou-Miou

as Irène, head of the family council for adoption

Leila Muse

as Clara, a student who gives birth under X

Stéfi Celma

as Élodie, a childcare assistant

Aude Léger

as Midwife

Anne Suarez

as Laure

Julie Recoing

as Isabelle

Judith Siboni

as Sophie

Amaury de Crayencour

as Actor of the play

Sara-Jeanne Drillaud

as Actress of the play

Serge Kribus

as Actor of the play who plays Louka

Youssef Hajdi

as Ahmed

Brice Hillairet

as Thomas

Yannick Choirat

as Stéphane

Julie Debazac

as Head of the maternity ward

Émilie Gavois-Kahn

as Childcare worker

Sophie Ossedat

as Head of the neonatology department

Afida Tahri

as Employee at the reception of the CHU

Gwenaëlle David

as Disagreeable childcare worker

Karine Valmer

as Nurse

Sonia Floire

as Adoption service psychiatrist

Anne Kessler

as Adoption service educator

Sarah Karbasnikoff

as Adoption service social worker

Nicolas Bridet

as Fabien

Hermine Dos Santos

as Maëlle

Virginie Vives

as Damaged woman

Sara Mortensen

as Woman with emaciated face

Grégory Gadebois

as PFS service head

Servane Ducorps

as Female candidate for adoption

Thibault Vinçon

as Male candidate for adoption

Guillaume Clémencin

as Mr. Gautier

Sophie Rodrigues

as Mrs. Gautier

Alain Lenglet

as Rémy

Florence Muller

as Clara's mother

Benoît Carré

as PFPE pediatrician