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In Safe Hands
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Title: In Safe Hands

Release Date: 5 Dec 2018

Runtime: 1h 52m

Genre: Drama

Director: France 3 Cinéma, Chi-Fou-Mi Productions, Les Productions du Trésor, StudioCanal, Artémis Productions

Production Companies: France 3 Cinéma, Chi-Fou-Mi Productions, Les Productions du Trésor, StudioCanal, Artémis Productions

Overview: 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.

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Ratings

Average Vote: 7.431 (510 votes)

Cast

  • Karine: Sandrine Kiberlain
  • Jean: Gilles Lellouche
  • Alice: Élodie Bouchez
  • Lydie: Olivia Côte
  • Mathilde: Clotilde Mollet
  • Alice's Father: Jean-François Stévenin
  • Karine's Ex-Husband: Bruno Podalydès
  • Irène: Miou-Miou
  • Clara: Leïla Muse
  • Élodie, a childcare assistant: Stéfi Celma
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