What is 'Other People's Children' about? Plot of French drama on Music Box explained

'Other People’s Children' becomes a soulful, sexy, and resolutely grown-up story of the elusive quest for agency and belonging, reads the synopsis
PUBLISHED APR 21, 2023
Virginie Efira and Callie Ferreira-Goncalves in 'Other People’s Children' (George Lechaptois/Les films Velvet)
Virginie Efira and Callie Ferreira-Goncalves in 'Other People’s Children' (George Lechaptois/Les films Velvet)

LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA: With the US premiere of 'Other People's Children' making a splash at Sundance 2023, Music Box Films is bringing the film for everybody in the US, so get ready for this Canal+ and Rebecca Zlotowski's emotional comedy drama as it lands in the US on April 21, 2023. 

Virginie Efira won the best actress award for 'Other People's Children' at the 28th Lumieres Awards. This is director Rebecca Zlotowski's fifth feature film and her first screening at Sundance. Find out more about this French tragic comedy drama. 

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What is the plot of 'Other People's Children'?

The official synopsis as given on the Music Box Films website says - "When dedicated high school teacher Rachel (Virginie Efira) falls in love with Ali (Roschdy Zem), it’s not long before she also falls for his four-year-old daughter Leila. The adolescent giddiness of Rachel and Ali’s late-night rendezvous and secret sleepovers evolves into the familiar warmth of family picnics and after-school pickups. Although she feels like a mother, Rachel is not allowed to forget that Lelia is another woman’s daughter. She begins to long for a child of her own, but as a forty-something woman, she is abundantly aware that she has limited time to begin a family."

"Rachel must decide whether to embrace the inherent entanglements of her current situation, including the looming presence of Ali’s ex-wife Alice (Chiara Mastroanni), or strike out again on her own. Other People’s Children becomes a soulful, sexy, and resolutely grown-up story of the elusive quest for agency and belonging," it added.

Trailer 

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