The Man Who Wanted a Child

The Man Who Wanted a Child

2007 fr 87 minutes

Rating: 10

Plot

Alfred lives with his mother in a small village keeping chickens and selling eggs at the local market. He doesn't speak, except to his mother and to children. He has a girlfriend of sorts, although she shies away from any physical contact with her. But more than anything, Alfred wants a child. As natural fatherhood is out of the question he takes the next best option, and makes an application to adopt. With a very un-French lack of bureaucracy Alfred's adoptive son arrives, but turns out not to be the bouncing baby he was hoping for. [taken from London Film Festival 2006 catalogue]

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Cast

Artus de Penguern

Artus de Penguern

Alfred

Darry Cowl

Darry Cowl

Jules

Valérie Donzelli

Valérie Donzelli

Suzanne

Esther Gorintin

Esther Gorintin

Mother

Rolande Kalis

Rolande Kalis

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