Loading
In Safe Hands
Genres
Drama
Overview
Théo is given up for adoption by his biological mother on the very day he is born. After this anonymous birth, the mother has two months to change her mind… Or not. The child welfare services and adoption service spring into action… The former have to take care of the baby and support it during this limbo-like time, this period of uncertainty, while the latter must find a woman to become his adoptive mother. She is called Alice, and she has spent the last ten years fighting to have a child.
Details
Budget
$0
Revenue
$0
Runtime
112 min
Release Date
2018-12-05
Status
Released
Original Language
French
Vote Count
517
Vote Average
7.422
Cast
Meet the talented actors who bring the movie to life.
Sandrine Kiberlain
Karine
Gilles Lellouche
Jean
Élodie Bouchez
Alice
Olivia Côte
Lydie
Clotilde Mollet
Mathilde
Jean-François Stévenin
Alice's Father
Bruno Podalydès
Karine's Ex-Husband
Miou-Miou
Irène
Leïla Muse
Clara
Stéfi Celma
Élodie, a childcare assistant
Aude Léger
Midwife
Anne Suarez
Laure
Julie Recoing
Isabelle
Judith Siboni
Sophie
Amaury de Crayencour
Actor of the play
Sara-Jeanne Drillaud
Actress of the play
Serge Kribus
Actor of the play who plays Louka
Youssef Hajdi
Ahmed
Brice Hillairet
Thomas
Yannick Choirat
Stéphane
Julie Debazac
Head of the maternity ward
Émilie Gavois-Kahn
Childcare worker
Sophie Ossedat
Head of the neonatology department
Afida Tahri
Employee at the reception of the CHU
Gwenaëlle David
Disagreeable childcare worker
Karine Valmer
Nurse
Sonia Floire
Adoption service psychiatrist
Anne Kessler
Adoption service educator
Sarah Karbasnikoff
Adoption service social worker
Nicolas Bridet
Fabien
Hermine Dos Santos
Maëlle
Virginie Vives
Damaged woman
Sara Mortensen
Woman with emaciated face
Grégory Gadebois
PFS service head
Servane Ducorps
Female candidate for adoption
Thibault Vinçon
Male candidate for adoption
Guillaume Clémencin
Mr. Gautier
Sophie Rodrigues
Mrs. Gautier
Alain Lenglet
Rémy
Florence Muller
Clara's mother
Benoît Carré
PFPE pediatrician
Similar Movies
Explore movies similar to this one that you might also enjoy.
8.3
American History X
Derek Vineyard is paroled after serving 3 years in prison for killing two African-American men. Through his brother, Danny Vineyard's narration, we learn that before going to prison, Derek was a skinhead and the leader of a violent white supremacist gang that committed acts of racial crime throughout L.A. and his actions greatly influenced Danny. Reformed and fresh out of prison, Derek severs contact with the gang and becomes determined to keep Danny from going down the same violent path as he did.
1998-07-01 | en
7.0
A.I. Artificial Intelligence
David, a robotic boy—the first of his kind programmed to love—is adopted as a test case by a Cybertronics employee and his wife. Though he gradually becomes their child, a series of unexpected circumstances make this life impossible for David.
2001-06-29 | en
8.1
Paris, Texas
A man wanders out of the desert not knowing who he is. His brother finds him, and helps to pull his memory back of the life he led before he walked out on his family and disappeared four years earlier.
1984-07-16 | en
0.0
Days When the Rains Came
A stalled actress mired in the monotony of family life heads back to her hometown to care for her ailing father, only to be drawn back into a dysfunctional relationship with her sisters, and tempted by the first love that got away.
| en
7.1
The Story of the Weeping Camel
When a Mongolian nomadic family's newest camel colt is rejected by its mother, a musician is needed for a ritual to change her mind.
2003-06-29 | mn
6.3
The Good Shepherd
Edward Wilson, the only witness to his father's suicide and member of the Skull and Bones Society while a student at Yale, is a morally upright young man who values honor and discretion, qualities that help him to be recruited for a career in the newly founded OSS. His dedication to his work does not come without a price though, leading him to sacrifice his ideals and eventually his family.
2006-12-11 | en
7.2
Don't Worry, I'm Fine
A 19-year-old searches for her twin brother after he runs away from home, following a fight with their father.
2006-09-06 | fr
7.0
The Host
A teenage girl is captured by a giant mutated squid-like creature that appears from Seoul's Han River after toxic waste was dumped in it, prompting her family into a frantic search for her.
2006-07-27 | ko
6.9
Looks That Kill
A teenager lives out the hilarious and often tragic consequences of being lethally attractive, until he meets a girl with a congenital defect.
2020-06-19 | en
4.7
The Rake
Ben and Ashley come together 20 years after the murder of their parents to determine the cause of their parents' death. Ashley is troubled by the idea that the thing that took her parents' lives may not be finished with her family.
2018-06-05 | en
8.7
The Godfather
Spanning the years 1945 to 1955, a chronicle of the fictional Italian-American Corleone crime family. When organized crime family patriarch, Vito Corleone barely survives an attempt on his life, his youngest son, Michael steps in to take care of the would-be killers, launching a campaign of bloody revenge.
1972-03-14 | en
6.5
Wir sagen Du! Schatz.
Oliver doesn’t have a family so he steals one.
2007-11-01 | de
6.6
Playing by Heart
In a vibrant tapestry of love and longing, nine interconnected souls navigate romance and heartbreak in L.A., where passions collide and truths unfold, revealing that the heart's desires often lead us where we least expect.
1998-12-30 | en
7.8
The Color Purple
An epic tale spanning forty years in the life of Celie, an African-American woman living in the South who survives incredible abuse and bigotry. After Celie's abusive father marries her off to the equally debasing 'Mister' Albert Johnson, things go from bad to worse, leaving Celie to find companionship anywhere she can. She perseveres, holding on to her dream of one day being reunited with her sister in Africa.
1985-12-18 | en
9.5
Departures
Ludovico accepted the last choice of his wife, out of love. Now he has to find the courage to reveal this to his daughter.
2018-06-06 | it
5.7
A Tram in SP
In a small town in the Basque country, Lucas and Maria are an elderly brother and sister. They share a house with their memories and the ghosts of the people they have loved throughout their lifes. They know that sooner or later they will buy their ticket for their final journey. Marcos and Roma are young and alone. She's a nurse and paints windows that embellish the views from her room. Marcos is a street performer with no home of his own, clinging to his accordion and a pile of questions. They don't know that sooner or later they will all set out on a journey together.
2008-04-30 | es
0.0
Florida, Man
Florida, Man is a "mostly real" faux documentary exploring filmmaker Evan Jordan's haunted past and future possibilities - shot on location in his hometown and featuring a roster of extended family, friends, and other colorful characters from the American South.
| en
7.6
My Prostitute Love
Halil goes to a bar with his friends and meets Sabiha, a prostitute, and they fall in love. Two lovers want to escape their past and live together. However, Sabiha knows little about Halil's life, and she has to face some facts.
1968-05-25 | tr
6.0
Trust in Love
Mickey Ferrera's recording producing career is going down the tubes, his estranged wife wants a divorce and his son is struggling with the reality that he is gay, but Mickey is a warrior, so he's about to get in the trenches and Trust in Love to keep his family together and maybe make one more good record.
2023-08-07 | en
6.9
Beyond Silence
Beyond Silence is about a family and a young girl’s coming of age story. This German film looks into the lives of the deaf and at a story about the love for music. A girl who has always had to translate speech into sign language for her deaf parents yet when her love for playing music grows strong she must decide to continue doing something she cannot share with her parents.
1996-12-18 | de