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Cautiva (2004)
, 1h55Genres Drama
Themes Films about adoption, Films about children, Films about families, Seafaring films, Transport films, Political films, Films about Latin American military dictatorships
Actors Hugo Arana, Susana Campos
Cristina Quadri (Barbara Lombardo) is the model of a perfect student. Smart and affluent, her life is in perfect order until, one day, she is called from her class and made to appear in front of a judge. The judge informs her that her biological parents disappeared in the 1970s. Cristina is forced to go live with her grandmother, Elisa (Susana Campos), who has spent the past 16 years attempting to locate Cristina (whose birth name was Sofia). Although, at first, she is hurt, bitter and confused, Cristina/Sofia eventually grows to care for Elisa and begins to research the fate of her parents - and how much her adoptive parents knew of the truth.
Our Very Own (1950)
, 1h33Directed by David Miller
Origin USA
Genres Drama
Themes Films about adoption, Films about children, Films about families
Actors Ann Blyth, Farley Granger, Joan Evans, Jane Wyatt, Ann Dvorak, Donald Cook
Los Angeles teenager Gail Macaulay is going steady with deliveryman Chuck, a relationship that sparks jeaolusy in her younger sister Joan. When Joan needs her birth certificate in order to obtain summer employment, her mother Lois tells her to look in a box in her dresser, where the girl discovers Gail's adoption papers.
Chimpanzee (2012)
, 1h18Directed by Alastair Fothergill
Origin USA
Genres Documentary
Themes Films about adoption, Films set in Africa, Films about animals, Films about children, Environmental films, Films about families, Documentary films about environmental issues, Documentaire sur une personnalité, Films about apes, Documentary films about nature, Children's films, Mise en scène d'un mammifère
Actors Tim Allen
Oscar is the nickname given by the narrator (Tim Allen) to a young chimpanzee in his toddler years. He is part of a close-knit tribe of chimpanzees. They occupy a forest territory which is rich in native fruits, nuts, and figs, among other things. The chimps hunt small tree monkeys, and they also eat termites collected with primitive tools made from sticks. They also use rocks as tools to crack nuts. Oscar is tended by his mother, nicknamed Isha, and from her he begins learning many things about how to survive in the jungle. In the chaos of an attempted raid by a rival gang of chimpanzees led by 'Scar', Isha is injured and separated from the group and her son. As told by the narrator, Isha is most probably the victim of a nocturnal leopard.
Approved for Adoption (2012)
, 1h15Directed 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.
In Your Arms (2009)
, 1h23Directed 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...
Deep in My Heart (1999)
, 1h30Directed by Anita W. Addison
Origin USA
Genres Drama
Themes Films about adoption, Films about children, Films about families, Films about sexuality, Rape in fiction
Actors Anne Bancroft, Lynn Whitfield, Alice Krige, Cara Buono, Gloria Reuben, Jesse L. Martin
In Boston in the early 1960s, Geraldine Cummins was walking home alone from the movies when she was jumped and raped by a black man. Stunned, she returned home to her husband Bob, stating she had been raped. Sometime later, she finds she is pregnant. In the beginning she hates the thought of her unborn baby, not wanting a constant reminder of her rapist, but keeps it for a few reasons: she is Catholic and she harbors a small hope that it could be her husband's baby. Her husband is supportive during the pregnancy. As the months pass, Gerry comes to be attached to the baby, later stating "8 months is too long to close your heart to a piece of yourself." She becomes fearful of what will happen if her baby is black, the social isolation it would receive and what people would think of her. After going into labor and confiding in a doctor her situation, she becomes convinced that it would be best if she gave it up. The baby is a black girl. She names her newborn daughter Barbara Anne Cummins and gives her to foster mother Corrine Burrel, a black woman in Roxbury, a black neighborhood. Gerry is heartbroken to give up her daughter.
Big Daddy (1999)
, 1h33Directed by Dennis Dugan
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy
Themes Films about adoption, Films about children, Films about families
Actors Adam Sandler, Dylan Sprouse, Joey Lauren Adams, Jon Stewart, Rob Schneider, Cole Sprouse
Sonny Koufax (Adam Sandler) is an unreliable, unmotivated bachelor who lives in New York City and has declined to take on adult responsibility. He has a degree in law but has chosen not to take the bar exam since he was awarded $200,000 in a vehicle accident compensation 2 years prior, and lives off his restitution. He works one day a week as a tollbooth attendant.
Eastern Boys (2013)
, 2h8Directed by Robin Campillo
Origin France
Genres Drama
Themes L'adolescence, Films about adoption, Films about children, Films about sexuality, Erotic films, LGBT-related films, Films about prostitution, Erotic thriller films, LGBT-related films, LGBT-related film
Actors Olivier Rabourdin, Edéa Darcque, Kirill Emelianov, Daniil Vorobyov
A young immigrant male hustler in Paris is approached by an older man and agrees to visit him at his home the following day. Yet the next day, when the doorbell rings, the older man hasn't a clue he's fallen into a trap.
En Bommukutty Ammavukku (1988)
Directed by A. M. Fazil
Genres Drama
Themes Films about adoption, Films about children, Films about families
Actors Sathyaraj, Raghuvaran, Suhasini Maniratnam, Rekha, Geetu Mohandas, Janagaraj
A couple (Suhasini and Sathyaraj) who lost their daughter in an accident decides to adopt a girl from the local orphanage. But problems arise when the child's real mother (Rekha) and father (Raghuvaran) seek to find her.
Equinox (1992)
, 1h50Directed by Alan Rudolph
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Crime
Themes Films about adoption, Films about children, Films about families
Actors Matthew Modine, Lara Flynn Boyle, Fred Ward, Tyra Ferrell, Marisa Tomei, Lori Singer
Henry Petosa and Freddy Ace are identical twins living in the fictional city of Empire with no knowledge of each other, separated at birth and given up for adoption.
Orphan (2009)
, 2h3Directed by Jaume Collet-Serra
Origin USA
Genres Thriller, Horror
Themes L'adolescence, Films about adoption, Films about education, Films about children, Films about families, Medical-themed films, L'usurpation d'identité, Serial killer films, Films about psychiatry, Films about disabilities, Films about school violence, Escroquerie, Personne sourde ou muette, Sign-language films, American Sign Language films, Films about language and translation
Actors Vera Farmiga, Peter Sarsgaard, Isabelle Fuhrman, CCH Pounder, Jimmy Bennett, Margo Martindale
Kate and John Coleman (Vera Farmiga and Peter Sarsgaard) are experiencing strains in their marriage after their third child was stillborn. The loss is particularly hard on Kate, who is also recovering from alcoholism. The couple decides to adopt a 9-year-old Russian girl, Esther (Isabelle Fuhrman) from a local orphanage. While Kate's and John's deaf daughter Max (Aryana Engineer) embraces Esther immediately, their son Daniel (Jimmy Bennett) is less welcoming. Kate suspects that there might be problems in Esther's background when Esther's knowledge of sex extends beyond her age. Her suspicions deepen when Esther seriously injures another girl who had bullied her.
Foster Child (1987)
, 43minutesOrigin Canada
Genres Documentary
Themes Films about adoption, Films about children, Films about families, Documentary films about business, Documentary films about the film industry, Documentaire sur une personnalité, Autobiographical documentary films
Holy Lola (2004)
, 2h8Directed by Bertrand Tavernier
Origin France
Genres Drama
Themes Films about adoption, Films about children
Actors Jacques Gamblin, Isabelle Carré, Frédéric Pierrot, Séverine Caneele, Bruno Putzulu, Lara Guirao
A French couple, Pierre and Geraldine want kids, but Geraldine is unable to conceive. After eleven years of infertility and a two year vetting and administrative process they travel to Cambodia to adopt an orphan. They want to adopt before Christmas. When the couple reaches Cambodia, they book a hotel that has other French people that are also waiting to adopt. Their tempers flare when they have to deal with corruption, frequent rain, mosquitoes, many documents, and the uncertainty of whether or not they will be successful and if they are, what they will do if the baby has any serious diseases.
He Even Has Your Eyes (2017)
Directed by Lucien Jean-Baptiste
Origin France
Genres Comedy
Themes Films about adoption, Films about children
Actors Aïssa Maïga, Vincent Elbaz, Lucien Jean-Baptiste, Zabou Breitman, Michel Jonasz, Naidra Ayadi
Paul et Sali Aloka, désirant adopter un enfant, se voient proposer par l'aide sociale à l'enfance (ASE) d'adopter Benjamin, âgé de 4 mois, mais ils sont noirs (lui martiniquais, elle d'origine sénégalaise) alors que l'enfant est blanc. Selon Claire Mallet, une assistante sociale très réticente, cette adoption est mauvaise pour l'enfant, même si M. Vidal, directeur local de l'ASE, pense que tout se passera bien. Les nouveaux parents se trouvent confrontés à la suspicion et aux fréquents contrôles de l'assistante sociale, aux a-priori des gens (Sali est régulièrement prise pour la nounou). De plus, les parents de Sali, très attachés à la tradition, refusent de reconnaître cet enfant blanc comme leur petit-fils. Mamita, la mère de Sali, finit par se laisser convaincre. Mais alors qu'elle garde Benjamin, elle le confie momentanément à une garde d'enfants sans-papier qui est contrôlée par la police dans la rue. Benjamin est alors retiré à la famille et replacé à la pouponnière de l'ASE. Séparé d'eux, il ne s'alimente plus et doit être hospitalisé. Avertis, Paul, Sali, Mamita et leurs amis vont à l’hôpital, très angoissés. Interdits de voir l'enfant, ils forcent la porte de la nurserie et se réfugient dans une chambre pour le nourrir. Après des menaces du personnel et l'arrivée de la police, tout le monde se rend compte qu'il s'agit d'un malentendu, et Benjamin grandit dans sa nouvelle famille, enfin accepté de tous.
I’m Glad My Mother Is Alive (2009)
, 1h30Directed 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.