Ombline (2012)
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Mélanie Thierry, Nathalie Bécue, Corinne Masiero, Catherine Salée, Dounya Hdia, Gaëlle Jeantet
A young woman gives birth while imprisoned and fights to regain custody of her son.
The story
Ombline, a woman in her twenties, is sentenced to three years in prison after a police operation goes wrong: her partner is killed and she injures a police officer. She then discovers that she is pregnant and gives birth to Lucas while incarcerated. Learning to raise her infant within prison, she faces the pressures of life among other prisoners and guards. When Lucas reaches 18 months, the law requires that he be placed with a foster family, separating mother and child. Ombline's central challenge becomes finding a way to regain custody of her son after her release.
Full plot (contains spoilers)
Ombline is a young woman in her twenties, involved in a police operation that went wrong, in which her partner was killed and she injured a police officer. Sentenced to three years in prison, she discovers that she is pregnant and gives birth to Lucas in prison, where she must learn to raise him. At 18 months, the child is placed with a foster family, as the law requires. Separated from her son, among these damaged women, guards and prisoners, Ombline grows into a woman and a mother… She will fight with the sole hope of regaining custody of Lucas when she gets out of prison…
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