THE MAN WHO WANTED A CHILD (2007)

Not Rated
The Man Who Wanted a Child
Drama
March 21, 2007
French
1h 27m
France
Balthazar Productions
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]
Cast & Characters
Crew
Delphine Gleize
Director
Delphine Gleize
Screenplay
Crystel Fournier
Director of Photography
Bénédicte Couvreur
Producer
Jérôme Dopffer
Producer