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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.
See more Young French CinemaAbout 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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