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Criticism of ‘The children of others’, the coupled mother

Dealing with intelligence and sensitivity to something as hackneyed as the mid-thirties crisis in a woman whose biological clock alarm is ringing.

    In her fifth film, Rebecca Zlotowski (‘Grand Central’) talks about what relationships are like at a certain age, when backpacks are loaded in the form of children, created dynamics or apprehended roles, and love and desire are only a part of The equation. But its great merit is to approach something as trite as the crisis of the thirty-something in a woman, when the alarm of the biological clock is continuously ringing, with tremendous intelligence and sensitivity. Far from clichés and any hint of the quasi-parodic tone with which this conflict has been portrayed so many times from the patriarchal discourse.

    Virginie Efira prints truth and naturalness to each gesture of this ‘coupled’ mother. Her script also accompanies her with a series of subplots, of which she continues to be the protagonist, which together create a complete and accurate portrait of her character, which the viewer can only love. Several scenes remain in the memory, above all the one that places Chiara Mastroianni and Efira face to face, the couple and her ex, and one apologizes to the other. And she responds as she would in a post-Shakira world: “It is he who has hurt me, not you.”

    To see the conflicts of a woman with an intelligent and sensitive look

    The best: Virginie Efira creating a complex character for everyday life.

    The worst: certain moments of the script somewhat predictable.

    DATA SHEET

    Address: Rebecca Zlotowski Distribution: Virginie Efira, Roschdy Zem, Antonia Buresi, Yamée Couture, Victor Lefebvre Country: France Year: 2022 Release date: 3–2-2023 Gender: Drama Script: Rebecca Zlotowski Duration: 104 min.

    Synopsis: Rachel is 40 years old, she has no children. She loves her life: her high school students, her friends, her ex, her guitar lessons. Falling in love with Ali, she becomes fond of Leila, her 4-year-old daughter.

    Source: Fotogramas

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