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The Boy with Green Hair, 1h22
Directed by Joseph Losey
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Fantastic, Comedy, Comedy-drama
Themes L'adolescence, Films about adoption, Films about education, Films about children, Films about racism, L'enfance marginalisée, Films about school violence
Actors Dean Stockwell, Robert Ryan, Barbara Hale, Pat O'Brien, Walter Catlett, Samuel S. Hinds

Finding a curiously silent young runaway boy (Stockwell) whose head has been completely shaved, small-town police call in a psychologist (Ryan) and discover that he is a war orphan named Peter Fry. Moving in with an understanding retired actor named Gramps (O'Brien), Peter starts attending school and generally begins living the life of a normal boy until his class gets involved with trying to help war orphans in Europe and Asia.
Kannathil Muthamittal, 2h17
Directed by Mani Ratnam
Origin Inde
Genres Drama, War
Themes Films about adoption, Films about children, Seafaring films, Films about music and musicians, Transport films, Musical films
Actors R. Madhavan, Simran, Prakash Raj, Nandita Das, J. D. Chakravarthy, Pasupathy

The film begins in a small village in Sri Lanka called Mankulam, where Shyama (Nandita Das) is married to Dileepan (J. D. Chakravarthy), who along with few other Sri Lankan Tamils in the village, is part of the Tamil Tigers rebel association. While having a quiet moment, the couple hears sounds of Sri Lankan army troops approaching. He asks Shyama to leave while he remains in the forest. Shyama realizes that she is pregnant and waits in vain for Dileepan’s return. Her villagers begin fleeing to India to seek refugee due to the war. Shyama is initially stubborn to leave since one of the rebels says that he has seen Dileepan with bullet wounds in the forest, but her relatives convince her to seek refuge for her unborn child's sake. The villagers board a to the shores of Rameswaram. While a local collector takes down the names of the refugees, Shyama gives birth to a baby girl. However, the urge to find her husband and be with her people back home overwhelms Shyama and she leaves behind the newborn girl, hoping that the girl will lead a better life.
Live and Become, 2h20
Directed by Radu Mihaileanu
Origin Israel
Genres Drama
Themes Films about adoption, Films set in Africa, Films about alcoholism, Films about children, Films about immigration, Films about religion, La précarité, Films about Jews and Judaism
Actors Sirak M. Sabahat, Yaël Abecassis, Roschdy Zem, Lana Ettinger, Patrick Descamps, Hervé Pauchon

Shlomo, an Ethiopian boy, is placed by his Christian mother with an Ethiopian Jewish woman whose child has died. This woman, who will become his adoptive mother, is about to be airlifted from a Sudanese refugee camp to Israel during Operation Moses in 1984. His birth mother, who hopes for a better life for him, tells him “Go, live, and become,” as he leaves her to board the plane. The film tells of his growing up in Israel and how he deals with the secrets he carries: not being Jewish and having left his birth mother.
My Brother Is Getting Married, 1h35
Directed by Jean-Stéphane Bron
Origin Suisse
Genres Drama, Comedy
Themes Films about adoption, Films about children, Films about marriage
Actors Aurore Clément, Jean-Luc Bideau, Delphine Chuillot, Cyril Troley

Vingt ans après avoir été adopté par une famille suisse, les Depierrat, Vinh va épouser Sarah dans l'intimité pour éviter que ses parents adoptifs Claire et Michel ne se recroisent, la famille ayant éclaté depuis dix ans.
In Your Arms, 1h23
Directed by Hubert Gillet
Origin France
Genres Drama
Themes Films about adoption, Films about children, Films about families
Actors Michèle Laroque, Catherine Mouchet, Martin Loizillon, Lola Naymark, Bonnafet Tarbouriech, Marie-Bénédicte Roy

Louis a été abandonné par sa mère alors qu'il n'avait que quelques semaines. Aujourd'hui âgé de seize ans, et malgré la réticence de ses parents adoptifs, Louis veut savoir d'où il vient. Il se met alors en route vers le sud. Après avoir épié sa mère dans la boutique de fleurs où elle travaille, il lui apprend qu'il est son fils. Bouleversée par ce retour brutal, Solange nie. Elle rejette violemment cette vérité : trop douloureux de plonger dans un passé qui refait surface. Mais Louis s'acharne...
I’m Glad My Mother Is Alive, 1h30
Directed by Claude Miller, Nathan Miller
Origin France
Genres Drama
Themes Films about adoption, Films about children
Actors Christine Citti, Yves Verhoeven, Sophie Cattani, Sabrina Ouazani, Vincent Rottiers, Chantal Banlier

Thomas, un adolescent adopté et mal dans sa peau, se met en quête de son passé pour comprendre pourquoi sa mère l'a abandonné, en compagnie de son frère, lorsqu'il avait 4 ans. Il cherche alors sa mère sans en parler ni à son frère ni à ses parents adoptifs. Il découvre alors qu'elle n'est plus avec son père biologique, qu'elle a eu un troisième fils avec un autre homme et qu'elle vit désormais seule avec cet autre garçon qu'elle n'a pas abandonné.
Welcome Aboard, 1h30
Directed by Jean Becker
Origin France
Genres Drama
Themes Films about adoption, Films about children, Films about suicide
Actors Patrick Chesnais, Miou-Miou, Jacques Weber, Xavier Gallais, Raphaëline Goupilleau, Didier Bénureau

En pleine dépression, Taillandier peintre sexagénaire, qui pourtant connaît le succès et la renommée décide de se suicider, puis finalement abandonne ce projet et part sans but. Il rencontre Marylou, une jeune fille paumée mais dont l’entrain va tout changer.
Approved for Adoption, 1h15
Directed by Laurent Boileau
Origin Belgique
Genres Documentary, Animation
Themes Films about adoption, Films about children, Films about families
Actors Cathy Boquet, Christelle Cornil, William Coryn, Jean-Luc Couchard, Nathalie Homs, David Murgia

Jung Sik-jun est un jeune garçon né à Séoul, en Corée du Sud, en 1965. Dans le cadre d'un programme d'adoption après la guerre de Corée, il est adopté par une famille belge en 1971 et grandit en Belgique. Le film relate les moments importants de son enfance et de son adolescence en alternant des séquences documentaires actuelles, des images d'archive et des scènes animées formant des reconstitutions fictionnelles de moments du passé de Jung.
The Secret of the Ant Children, 1h48
Directed by Christine François
Origin France
Genres Drama, Adventure
Themes Films about adoption, Films about children
Actors Robinson Stévenin, Audrey Dana, Yann Trégouët

En voyage dans le Nord Bénin à la recherche de son ex, Cécile croise le chemin d’une jeune mère africaine qui lui dépose, affolée, un bébé dans les bras. Cécile va adopter cet enfant africain qu'elle appellera Lancelot, et qui va grandir en France. L’année de ses 7 ans, inquiète à cause de comportements étranges de Lancelot, elle décide de repartir avec lui vers le pays de ses origines pour tenter de percer le secret qui a entouré son abandon. Elle est alors confrontée aux pratiques violentes des villageois.
The Divided Heart, 1h29
Directed by Charles Crichton
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama
Themes Films about adoption, Films about children, Films about families
Actors Cornell Borchers, Yvonne Mitchell, Alexander Knox, Geoffrey Keen, Liam Redmond, Ferdy Mayne

During World War II, a three-year-old boy is found wandering alone in Germany. No family can be traced, and it is presumed that his parents and siblings have been casualties of war. The child is placed in an orphanage, from where he is subsequently adopted by a childless couple, whom he grows to love and accept as his parents. When the boy is 10 years old, his natural mother is found alive in Yugoslavia where she has survived the war as a refugee. She returns to Germany to claim her child, having lost her husband and two other children in the war. The film focuses on the moral dilemma of the situation: should the child remain with the adoptive parents who have given him a loving and happy home, or be returned to his natural mother who has lost everything else, and to what extent should the child's own wishes be taken into account? The case is finally referred to a three-man court, who will decide the child's future. As in the true story on which the film is based, he is returned to his biological mother.
The Gift of Love, 1h45
Directed by Jean Negulesco
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Romance
Themes Films about adoption, Films about children, Films about families
Actors Lauren Bacall, Robert Stack, Lorne Greene, Anne Seymour, Edward Platt, Joseph Kearns

A brilliant scientist, Bill Beck (Robert Stack), ends up happily married to Julie (Lauren Bacall), his doctor's receptionist. Five years after their wedding, the same doctor treats Julie for a heart condition that she decides to keep secret from her husband, who is doing serious work as a physicist developing guided missiles.
Tattoo
Tattoo (1967)
, 1h26
Directed by Johannes Schaaf
Origin German
Genres Drama
Themes Films about adoption, Films about children, Films about families
Actors Helga Anders

De jeunes étudiants allemands sont en révolte et entendent protester de façon violente contre l'ordre établi.
Mixed Company, 1h49
Directed by Melville Shavelson
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy, Comedy-drama
Themes Films about adoption, Films about children, Films about families, Sports films, Basketball films
Actors Barbara Harris, Joseph Bologna, Tom Bosley, Ruth McDevitt, Haywood Nelson, Lisa Gerritsen

Kathy Morrison (Harris), mother of three, who helps run a "color-blind" adoption program, wants to have another biological child. Her husband, Pete (Bologna), the head coach of the Phoenix Suns, finds out he can't produce another child. Kathy thinks about adopting a boy, Frederic "Freddie" Wilcox, and Pete does not want to adopt a boy who happens to be black. When he relents, Freddie's arrival causes an upheaval in the Morrison's neighborhood, their school, and family. Kathy's answer is to adopt another child, in this case two, a war-traumatized half-Vietnamese girl, Quan Tran, and a Hopi boy, Joe. The new extended family must now learn to live together.
Adoption
Adoption (1975)
, 1h23
Directed by Márta Mészáros
Origin Hongrie
Genres Drama
Themes Films about adoption, Films about children
Actors Katalin Berek, László Szabó

La rencontre d'une adolescente, Anna, issue d'un foyer pour délinquantes, et de Kata, une ouvrière en menuiserie, qui éprouve le besoin éperdu d'avoir un enfant. Kata finit par s'attacher à la jeune femme et la prend en charge. Anna rencontre bientôt un garçon et pourra, grâce à Kata, l'épouser. De son côté, l'ouvrière réalise son vœu le plus cher : adopter un bébé...