In Safe Hands
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.
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Cast
41 people
Sandrine Kiberlain
Karine
Known for
9 Month Stretch
Being 17
Gilles Lellouche
Jean
Known for
The Stronghold
C'est la vie!
Élodie Bouchez
Alice
Known for
The Brice Man
Reality
Olivia Côte
Lydie
Known for
My Donkey, My Lover & I
Two Tickets to Greece
Clotilde Mollet
Mathilde
Known for
The Intouchables
Amélie
Jean-François Stévenin
Alice's Father
Known for
Brotherhood of the Wolf
Small Change
Bruno Podalydès
Karine's Ex-Husband
Known for
The Sweet Escape
Paris Je T'aime
Miou-Miou
Irène
Known for
Dumped
Germinal
Leïla Muse
Clara
Known for
Abbé Pierre - A Century of Devotion
Marguerite's Theorem
Stéfi Celma
Élodie, a childcare assistant
Known for
Call My Agent!
Asterix & Obelix: The Big Fight
Aude Léger
Midwife
Known for
Number One Fan
Anne Suarez
Laure
Known for
Full Time
Standing Tall
Jeanne Herry Director · Pascal Sangla Composer Sofian El Fani Cinematographer
Worldwide gross $6.7M · Budget $7.8M · First release August 26, 2018
Box office
Budget
$7,800,000
Worldwide gross
$6,700,000
Gross vs. budget
0.9×
Production
France 3 Cinéma
Production
Chi-Fou-Mi Productions
Production
Les Productions du Trésor
Production
StudioCanal
Production · Studio
Artémis Productions
Production
Trésor Films
Production
Belgium · France
Produced in
Languages
Original title
Pupille
Original language
French
Spoken on screen
French
Release dates
France · August 26, 2018
Premiere · Angoulême Film Festival
France · December 5, 2018
Theatrical
No release date listed for United States.
Argentina
October 3, 2019 · Premiere · French Cinema Tour
November 28, 2019 · Theatrical
Belgium
October 1, 2018 · Premiere · Festival International du Film Francophone de Namur
December 5, 2018 · Theatrical
Canada
November 1, 2018 · Premiere · Festival de Films Cinémania
February 15, 2019 · Limited theatrical · Québec
Denmark
September 12, 2019 · Theatrical
Estonia
May 10, 2019 · Theatrical
France
April 6, 2019 · Digital · VOD
April 10, 2019 · Physical · DVD & Blu-Ray
October 5, 2022 · Digital · Netflix
November 17, 2024 · TV · France 2
April 14, 2026 · TV · France•2
September 14, 2026 · TV · Ciné+ Émotion
Germany
April 4, 2019 · Theatrical
September 5, 2019 · Physical · DVD
Hong Kong SAR China
May 23, 2019 · Theatrical
Ireland
May 31, 2019 · Theatrical
Israel
July 11, 2019 · Theatrical
Lebanon
April 25, 2019 · Theatrical
Lithuania
May 3, 2019 · Theatrical
Mexico
September 6, 2019 · Theatrical
Netherlands
April 12, 2019 · Physical · DVD
New Zealand
December 5, 2019 · Theatrical
Norway
December 18, 2020 · Theatrical
Poland
May 23, 2019 · Premiere · French Film Week
May 24, 2019 · Theatrical
Portugal
August 22, 2019 · Theatrical
South Korea
November 1, 2019 · Theatrical
Spain
May 1, 2019 · Theatrical
Sweden
August 9, 2019 · Theatrical
Switzerland
September 1, 2018 · Premiere · Festival du Film Francophone d'Helvétie-Bienne
December 5, 2018 · Theatrical
United Kingdom
May 31, 2019 · Theatrical
Uruguay
November 7, 2019 · Premiere · Festival de Cine de Montevideo
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