Synopse
This dark psychodrama is based on a true story that happened in Belgium in 2007. It begins in bright colours: Murielle and Mounir adore each other and get married. Their happiness begins to darken when they move in with Dr. Pignet, Mounir's foster father who took the Moroccan in as a young boy and brought him up. The two have an almost obsessive interdependency. Caught between the dominant Pignet and her submissive husband, Murielle is worn down. The birth of four children in just a few years causes the "family's" situation to rapidly worsen - catastrophe beckons...
Regie
Joachim Lafosse (*1975) studierte am Institut des arts de diffusion in Louvain-la-Neuve, Belgien. Seinem Regiedebüt Folie privée (2004) folgte der Film Nue propriété (2006), der im Wettbewerb der Filmfestspiele von Venedig lief. Our Children ist sein fünfter Langfilm.
Info
Original Title: À perdre la raison
International Title: Our Children
Category: Feature
Section: Voilà!
Version & Subtitles: French OV
Director: Joachim Lafosse
Screenplay: Joachim Lafosse, Matthieu Reynaert, Thomas Bidegain
Cast/Protagonists: Niels Arestrup, Tahar Rahim, Emilie Dequenne
Production country: Luxembourg, Switzerland, France, Belgium
Year of Production: 2012
Length: 111 min
Producer: Jacques-Henri Bronckart, Olivier Bronckart, Jani Thiltges, Sylvie Pialat, Thierry Spicher
Production company: Versus Production, Samsa Films, Les Films du Worso, Box productions, Prime Time Entertaiment Co.,Ltd., RTBF (TÉLÉVISION BELGE), RTS Radio Télévision Suisse
Cinematography: Jean-François Hensgens
Editor: Sophie Vercruysse
Production Design: Anna Falguères
World Sales: Marine Goulois, Les Films du Losange
