A couple takes on a homeless teenager. The trio forms a family-like community that seems to work extremely informally and without many regulations. But then the harmonic situation escalates as the boy falls in love with his "adoptive mother".
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Geraldine Chaplin
Catherine
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Jacques Perrin
Jacques
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Patrick Norbert
Étienne
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Gérard Lorin
Doctor
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May Chartrette
Étienne's Grandmother
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Chloé Caillat
Madame Simone
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Monique Delaroche
Jacques' Mother
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Jean-Paul Bernier
Jacques' Father
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Marie Dupin
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Marc Grunebaum Director · Bernard Stora Screenplay Magdeleine Dailloux Screenplay
First release January 10, 1979 · Produced in France · Production France•3, Les Films du Triangle
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SFP
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France•3
Production
Les Films du Triangle
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Michael Arthur Films
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Reggane Films
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France
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Original title
L'Adoption
Original language
French
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French
Release dates
France · January 10, 1979
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