Storyline
After World War II, the orderly life of a deputy secretary of state for family affairs, who had succeeded in closing brothels and increasing penalties for abortion offenses, is turned upside down when he learns on the same day that his wife is expecting a child and that his son has impregnated his secretary! This is only the beginning of a series of unexpected events that will shake up the foundations of this bourgeois family...
Cast & Crew
Catherine Frot
Olympe Jacquet
LeadMF
Michel Fau
Charles Jacquet
LS
Laure-Lucile Simon
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BG
Baptiste Gonthier
Georges Jacquet
JP
Julie Pouillon
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Jeanne-Marie Ducarre
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Maxime Lombard
M. Jacquet
What People Are Saying
3.0
“A staggering achievement of craft and ambition. Louise Narboni's vision lands with breathtaking precision.”
3.0
“Every frame feels alive. Lorsque l'enfant paraît is the rare release that takes its audience seriously.”
