2012 · drama · romance · music
Our Children
Directed by Joachim Lafosse1h 51m2012
Young and full of life, Murielle has a promising future ahead of her when she meets and falls head over heels for Mounir. A wedding soon follows, and the happy couple quickly set about preparing to make a family. However, with family come ties, and none come as tight as that between Mounir and his adoptive father. As Murielle continues to bring new life into the family, frictions between Mounir and Doctor Pinget reach boiling point. Helpless to extract her husband and children from the wealthy nest that Doctor Pinget has provided for them, Murielle is drawn into an unhealthy family dynamic. There is only one way out of this nightmare, and for Murielle all sense of reasoning begins to abandon her.
Our read: Our Children (2012) reads as a heavy, measured, grounded drama · romance · music entry — extreme in intensity, intimate in scope, cold in temperature, nihilistic in outlook.
Heavy, measured, extreme drama / romance, grounded in texture. Nihilistic, intimate, cold.
- heavy
- measured
- extreme
- bleak
- cold
- intimate
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