IN SAFE HANDS/PUPILLE (Jeanne Herry 2018)

The French have their own special humane and safe system for offering newborns anonymously for adoption. This film traces a specific baby ("Théo") along his path to a delighted adoptive mother, Alice (Élodie Bouchez) through the help of a warm foster parent, Jean (Gilles Lellouche) and the urging of a quirky, passionate social worker, Karine (Sandrine Kiberlain). Somewhere else perhaps this would be just a TV special with a documentary flavor. Here its an intensely appealing film that got seven César nominations - because the French care passionately about their social services, particularly this one.

At the 2019 FSLC-UniFrance Rendez-Vous with French Cinema at Lincoln Center's Walter Reade Theater.

Monday, March 4, 6:15pm (Q&A with Élodie Bouchez)