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Our Children is a french film of genre Drama directed by Joachim Lafosse released in USA on 2 august 2013 with Niels Arestrup

Our Children (2012)

Our Children
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Released in USA 2 august 2013
Length 1h51
Directed by
OriginFrance
Genres Drama,    Romance
Rating67% 3.3968753.3968753.3968753.3968753.396875

Our Children (French: À perdre la raison) is a 2012 Belgian-French psychological drama film directed by Joachim Lafosse. It is based on a real-life incident involving a woman (Genevieve Lhermitte), who killed her five children. The film competed in the Un Certain Regard section at the 2012 Cannes Film Festival under the title Loving Without Reason, where Émilie Dequenne won the Un Certain Regard Award for Best Actress.

Synopsis

Murielle et Mounir, un couple heureux, va se marier et avoir des enfants sous le toit du bienveillant Docteur Pinget. Petit à petit, les relations deviennent complexes, étouffent le couple et la famille, qui ne se doutent pas de la fin tragique vers laquelle ils tendent.

Actors

Niels Arestrup

(André Pinget)Tahar Rahim

(Mounir)Émilie Dequenne

(Murielle)Stéphane Bissot

(Françoise)Nathalie Boutefeu

(Docteur Declerck)
And :
Baya Belal
Yannick Renier
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