Our Critique of Other People's Children: The Poses of Life

The vocabulary is vast.

"Stepmother"?

Neutral, too banal.

“stepmother”?

Not really flattering, borderline cartoonish.

"Dad's lover"?

Pretty naughty.

Anyway, Rachel doesn't care what she's called.

She is in her forties, falls in love with a separated father, Ali, solid, protective, endearing: that's what counts.

We should not forget the delicious Leila, 4 years old, who is part of the lot.

Eternal single, this literature teacher discovers the charm and the chores of a surrogate motherhood.

She hasn't had any children and she's starting to ask herself questions.

Her gynecologist (the documentary filmmaker Fred Wiseman, who seems to have seen others) wouldn't want to rush her, but the biological clock is ticking.

Months count as years.

So Virginie Efira loses herself in the arms of Roschdy Zem, who is a car designer.

Between them, the chemistry is obvious.

They brush against each other, come closer.

Man compartmentalizes his life.

There is his ex, Chiara Mastroianni, fragile as a sigh…

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