Our Children

Unknown to her – for how could anyone suspect the subsequent events? – falling in love with a trainee doctor, Mounir, will set the life of the young, carefree teacher Murielle on a course bound for tragedy. After a blissful courtship, the two marry and, at the suggestion of Mounir’s elder mentor Dr Pinget, with whom Mounir has lived for some time, they move into the older man’s household. It’s a supremely comfortable life; at least at first. But it’s clear that Dr Pinget has little time for Murielle, and, as time passes and her four children are born, Murielle little-by-little has the spirit crushed out of her, until, in desperation, she commits a heinous act. Shocking as her crime (the aftermath of which opens the film) is, Lafosse employs his moving work to explore, as the French title of the film., Passionate young couple Murielle and Mounir find their marriage threatened when they become overly dependent on Mounir’s overbearing mentor Doctor Pinget, a development that soon sets the stage for a tragedy that could destroy the lives of all involved., In this searing drama, passionate young couple Murielle and Mounir find their marriage threatened when they become overly dependent on Mounir’s overbearing mentor Dr. Pinget, a development that soon sets the stage for a tragedy that could destroy the lives of all involved., Fact-based Belgian drama about a mother (Émilie Dequenne) who is, through desperation, driven to commit a terrible act., Passionate young couple Murielle (Emilie Dequenne) and Mounir (Tahar Rahim) find their marriage threatened when they become overly dependent on Mounir’s overbearing mentor Doctor Pinget (Niels Arestrup), a development that soon sets the stage for a tragedy that could destroy the lives of all involved.