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Poster for Young French Cinema 2023: The Sixth Child (Le Sixième Enfant)

Young French Cinema 2023: The Sixth Child (Le Sixième Enfant)

Opens on May 19

Director: Léopold Legrand Run Time: 92 min. Release Year: 2022

Starring: Benjamin Lavernhe, Damien Bonnard, Judith Chemla, Olivier Faliez, Sara Giraudeau

Country: France
Language: French


Young French Cinema 2023

Discover a new generation of directors, presented at the Film Center from May 19 – 22, 2023.

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About the film:

World Premiere at the 2022 Festival International du Film Francophone de Namur
Nominated for Best First Film at the 2023 César Awards

Franck is a scrap dealer who lives with Meriem in the outskirts of Paris. They have five children, a sixth on the way, and serious money problems. Julien and Anna are lawyers and can’t have children. This is the story of an unthinkable arrangement.

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