Children of Love

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Children of Love

Released Jan 26, 2002

1h 27m

Drama

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Nathalie (Nathalie Stas) has three children from two marriages, both of which ended in divorce. Now it's the weekend, and she has to take the children for visits with each of their fathers. A documentary crew follows, interviewing the adults, as Nathalie leaves her elder daughter and her son with her first husband, Olivier (Olivier Ythier), and then drops off her youngest child with her second husband, construction worker Renaud (Jean-Louis Leclercq).

V.A. Musetto

New York Post

Hard-hitting and biting.

Rated: 3/4

Dec 26, 2003

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Elizabeth Weitzman

New York Daily News

A powerful drama that turns a common event -- the rending of a family -- into an intimate, personal affair.

Rated: 3/4

Dec 26, 2003

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Stephen Holden

New York Times

Geoffrey Enthoven's dour little pseudo-documentary explores the effect of divorce on three children.

Rated: 2/5

Dec 23, 2003

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Joshua Tanzer

Offoffoff

A disconcerting faux-documentary that nonetheless offers some subtle truths about growing up with divorced parents.

Rated: 3/4

Dec 31, 2003

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Maria Garcia

Film Journal International

An unforgettable testament to children whom the adults ostensibly despair of but are incapable of seeing.

Dec 27, 2003

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Ken Fox

TV Guide

The acting ... is strong, and there are several moments of painful truth -- the wordless weekend hand-overs are well done and difficult to watch.

Rated: 2.5/5

Dec 26, 2003

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a hard hitting look at the difficulties of broken homes.

Rated 3 out of 5 stars

01/21/23

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Audience Member

Feels very real. A film of the effects of divorce on three children as well as the two fathers from failed marriages with the one mother. The two fathers and Winnie had the best performances i thought.

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

02/16/23

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Very realistic and interesting. It develops a documentary approach halfway through that's a little distracting, but above all it is a good film.

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

01/11/23

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Synopsis

Nathalie (Nathalie Stas) has three children from two marriages, both of which ended in divorce. Now it's the weekend, and she has to take the children for visits with each of their fathers. A documentary crew follows, interviewing the adults, as Nathalie leaves her elder daughter and her son with her first husband, Olivier (Olivier Ythier), and then drops off her youngest child with her second husband, construction worker Renaud (Jean-Louis Leclercq).

Director: Geoffrey Enthoven
Producer: C. Buchet-Charlet, Mariano Vanhoof
Screenwriter: Geoffrey Enthoven
Distributor: Cine-International Filmvertrieb GmbH
Production Co: Atelier de Production de la Cambre ASBL
Genre: Drama
Original Language: Canadian French
Release Date (Theaters): Jan 26, 2002, Wide
Release Date (DVD): Jul 24, 2007
Runtime: 1h 27m