Parenting
Chronicle of an adoption
This is the intimate and heartbreaking story of two couples trying to adopt a child. For 4 years we followed Céline and Cédric, Philippe and François on their long road to adoption.
A film that reflects upon the many ways in which we become parents, and questions society on its prejudices and ambiv...
Parents for life
Their son is a criminal and they will bear this cross forever. They are the parents of Matthieu, who in 2011, at a boarding school in Chambon sur Lignon, killed his friend, Agnès, who was 13 years old. To date in France, Matthieu is the only person to have been sentenced to life imprisonment for a c...
ADOPTION: THE DAY I MET MY CHILD
The arrival of a child is a mini revolution: it turns a household upside down. Valérie, Thierry, Steve and Richere have always dreamed of being parents. For them, adoption is the only way to make the dream a reality. Whether on their own or in a couple, achieving their goal has involved endless red ...
For the Children of Cambodia
This is the story of a love affair between a French couple, Sandra and Gilles, and a country, Cambodia. The pair gave up everything to devote their lives to helping Cambodian children. In this country, in which 30% of the population lives beneath the poverty line, children are the first to suffer, f...
Orphaned children: a right to be loved
The orphanages are full of abandoned children who dream of finding a father and mother. In the Ukraine, Maxim, Valentyn and Sacha’s lives were changed thanks to 42-year-old Agnès and Laurent, who, despite the boys’ medical conditions, had no hesitation in adopting them. Parenthood has meant a whole ...
The Judge’s Children
Catherine de la Hougue is an atypical rural judge with a particular interest in prevention. The juvenile court in Coutances, Normandy, opens its doors to us as we focus on three cases in which children are either at risk or charged of misdemeanours. What will the judge decide? What will become of th...
WONDERFUL PARENTS
Five couples, all parents for better... and sometimes for worse!
Harassed by their children, judged by the adults in their circle, torn between guilt and the desire to do the right thing, they feel confused.
Liberated from the rules of classic documentary making, this real-life family drama gives ...
The World and Us – 15 year-olds
Who are they and what are their dreams ? From privileged backgrounds or apprentices, student fishermen and farmers, these 15-year-olds invite us to share their daily lives, their joys and their sorrows. Parents, love, sexuality, studies, work, politics… Teenagers full of life, astonishingly mature a...
Violent Children: School on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown
Today, 5.9% of children under 15 years of age have behavioural problems.
But this juvenile violence is not spontaneous. It seems evident that the children concerned are all exposed to an extreme level of violence either at home or in the outside world.
Many of them come from broken homes.
Behind the...
