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Children of Love

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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).

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V.A. Musetto New York Post 12/26/2003
3/4
Hard-hitting and biting. Go to Full Review
Elizabeth Weitzman New York Daily News 12/26/2003
3/4
A powerful drama that turns a common event -- the rending of a family -- into an intimate, personal affair. Go to Full Review
Stephen Holden New York Times 12/23/2003
2/5
Geoffrey Enthoven's dour little pseudo-documentary explores the effect of divorce on three children. Go to Full Review
Joshua Tanzer Offoffoff 12/31/2003
3/4
A disconcerting faux-documentary that nonetheless offers some subtle truths about growing up with divorced parents. Go to Full Review
Maria Garcia Film Journal International 12/27/2003
An unforgettable testament to children whom the adults ostensibly despair of but are incapable of seeing. Go to Full Review
Ken Fox TV Guide 12/26/2003
2.5/5
The acting ... is strong, and there are several moments of painful truth -- the wordless weekend hand-overs are well done and difficult to watch. Go to Full Review
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Audience Reviews

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11/12/2012 a hard hitting look at the difficulties of broken homes. See more 08/21/2010 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. See more 07/02/2009 Very realistic and interesting. It develops a documentary approach halfway through that's a little distracting, but above all it is a good film. See more Read all reviews
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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