THE BABY

LA PETITE

By Guillaume NICLOUX

EAGLE INTERNATIONAL COMMUNICATION CO., LTD. - as DISTR Airline, World

Family - Completed 2023

When his son and son's partner are killed in a car accident, Joseph must try to decide how to be a grandfather to the baby they were expecting via a fierce, young Flemish surrogate.


Festivals
& Awards

Festival du Film Francophone à Angoulême 2023
Opening film
    • Year of production
    • 2023
    • Genres
    • Family, Drama
    • Countries
    • FRANCE
    • Languages
    • FRENCH
    • Duration
    • 92 mn
    • Director(s)
    • Guillaume NICLOUX
    • Synopsis
    • Joseph (by Fabrice Luchini) learns that his son and his son's partner have died in an accident. But in the meantime, they were expecting a child through Rita (by Mara Taquin ), a young surrogate mother in Belgium. Worried that this baby would be abandoned, Joseph starts his journey to find Rita. However, when they finally meet, this fierce woman refuses to keep this baby and intends to put the baby up for adoption. Can Joseph convince her to make a different choice?