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ASG Film Series: Vive La Femme

Other People’s Children (Rebecca Zlotowski, 2022, 103 min.)

Christopher Llewellyn Reed, Chair, Film & Moving Image Department, Stevenson University

There’s nothing wrong with deciding not to procreate, but sometimes an unexpected event or encounter can suddenly flip the script on previous choices. That’s when regret rears its unpleasant head. These kinds of meditations form the spine of writer/director Rebecca Zlotowski’s Other People’s Children, which centers the journey of Rachel (a luminous Virginie Efira), a high-school teacher in Paris who starts longing for a child of her own after meeting a romantic partner, Ali, and his 4-year-old daughter, Leila. A bittersweet exploration of loss and reconciliation, coupled with a coming-of-middle-age narrative, the movie offers no easy answers, but many profound questions. Life is to be lived, whatever the purpose.

$10 fee for guests (No charge for ASG members, ASG subscribers, and RI members)