L'enfant de personne (2021)
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Isabelle Carré, Andréa Bescond, Nawell Madani, Yassine Chorfa, Abdelmadjid Guemri, Moncef Farfar, Raphaëlle Bruneau
After a boy is removed from the foster home where he was thriving, his former foster aunt fights to remain part of his life.
The story
Lyes is a child in the care of Child Protective Services because his mother is unable to raise him. At five, he is taken from the foster family where he had been thriving. The authorities refuse to let him move with his foster mother, Émilie, citing his ties to his biological mother. Lyes is subsequently moved between foster homes and residential care. Émilie’s sister, Agathe, remains devoted to him and sees that he is struggling. Although she tries to restore her bond with the boy, the authorities do not recognize her rights over him.
Full plot (contains spoilers)
Lyes is a child placed in the care of Child Protective Services (ASE), as his mother is unable to raise him. At the age of five, he is torn away from the foster family where he had been thriving. The family has to move, but the authorities refuse to let the child go with his foster mother, Émilie, citing his blood ties to his biological mother. He is then shunted from foster homes to residential care facilities, where he is subjected to abuse and violence. Yet Émilie’s sister, Agathe, has never abandoned him. She sees that he is struggling and fights to try to restore her bond with him. But the authorities recognize no rights on her part over the child.
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