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Our Children

Original title: À perdre la raison
  • 2012
  • Not Rated
  • 1h 51m
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6.8/10
3K
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Émilie Dequenne and Tahar Rahim in Our Children (2012)
Murielle (Emilie Dequenne) and Mounir (Tahar Rahim) love each other passionately. Ever since he was a boy, the young man has been living with Doctor Pinget (Niels Arestrup) who provides him with a comfortable life. When Mounir and Murielle decide to marry and have children, the couple’s dependence on the doctor becomes excessive. Murielle finds herself caught up in an unhealthy emotional climate that insidiously leads the family towards a tragic outcome.
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Happy couple, will marry and have children under the roof of the benevolent Doctor. Little by little, relationships become complex, suffocating the couple and the family, who are unaware of ... Read allHappy couple, will marry and have children under the roof of the benevolent Doctor. Little by little, relationships become complex, suffocating the couple and the family, who are unaware of the tragic end towards which they are headingHappy couple, will marry and have children under the roof of the benevolent Doctor. Little by little, relationships become complex, suffocating the couple and the family, who are unaware of the tragic end towards which they are heading

  • Director
    • Joachim Lafosse
  • Writers
    • Matthieu Reynaert
    • Thomas Bidegain
    • Joachim Lafosse
  • Stars
    • Émilie Dequenne
    • Claire Bodson
    • Niels Arestrup
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  • IMDb RATING
    6.8/10
    3K
    YOUR RATING
    • Director
      • Joachim Lafosse
    • Writers
      • Matthieu Reynaert
      • Thomas Bidegain
      • Joachim Lafosse
    • Stars
      • Émilie Dequenne
      • Claire Bodson
      • Niels Arestrup
    • 13User reviews
    • 103Critic reviews
    • 79Metascore
  • See more at IMDbPro
    • Awards
      • 9 wins & 12 nominations

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    Niels Arestrup, Émilie Dequenne, and Tahar Rahim in Our Children (2012)
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    Émilie Dequenne
    Émilie Dequenne
    • Murielle
    Claire Bodson
    • La femme policier hopital
    Niels Arestrup
    Niels Arestrup
    • André Pinget
    Tahar Rahim
    Tahar Rahim
    • Mounir
    Jean-Charles Hautera
    • Professeur Maryns
    Stéphane Bissot
    • Françoise
    Daniel Feis
    • Le pianiste
    Baya Belal
    • Rachida
    Mounia Raoui
    • Fatima
    Redouane Behache
    • Samir
    Joé Michels
    • Jade (nouveau-né)
    Eléa Gillard
    • Jade (3 mois)
    Charlie Hoscheck
    • Jade (3 mois)
    Lisa Murcia
    • Jade (1 an 1…
    Gabin Lard
    • Sohane (nouveau-né)
    Katrina Anne Scrito Gauci
    • Sohane (1 mois)
    Juliette Monot
    • Sohane (1 mois)
    Yannick Renier
    • Le médecin radiologue
    • Director
      • Joachim Lafosse
    • Writers
      • Matthieu Reynaert
      • Thomas Bidegain
      • Joachim Lafosse
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    • Trivia
      The official entry of Belgium to the Best Foreign Language Film at the 85th Academy Awards 2013.
    • Connections
      References Rocky III (1982)
    • Soundtracks
      Femmes, je vous Aime
      Music by Julien Clerc

      Lyrics by Jean-Loup Dabadie

      Performed by Julien Clerc

    User reviews13

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    8/10
    Horrible act. Terrible destiny
    The film is directly inspired by the case of Geneviève Lhermitte, a Belgian woman who, in 2008, brutally murdered her five children.

    What in the world drove this hitherto model mother to such a barbarous act... is the anguished question asked by writer-director Joachim Lafosse (also Belgian) in this intense if somewhat restrained drama. A question all the harder to answer when the deplorable "heroine" of this family tragedy was at a loss, as she put it, "to understand what has happened, for I still haven't understood. I acted the opposite way to what I thought."

    Lafosse cannot provide THE answer, it goes without saying. How could he since the real-life murderess in person proved unable to understand herself? But he tries hard to come as close to the truth as possible. In any case, he refuses to condemn her. Instead, he describes thoroughly all the stages of the way of the cross she undergoes before committing her irreversible act.

    Co-written with Matthieu Raynaert and Jacques Audiard's favorite screenwriter Thomas Bidegain, "A perdre la raison" indeed follows the various developments of the affair very realistically even if the names and a few details have been changed (after all this is a fiction work, not a documentary) : Geneviève has become Murielle and her husband is named Mounir instead of Bouchaib. Plus, the couple in the fiction has four children whereas they had five in the real situation. As for their evil genius, he is not Dr. Michel Schaar any longer, but Dr. André Pinget. Basically however, all the seeds of the tragedy sown in real life are present in the fiction and in it too the wild wind cannot but be reaped: once established the toxic relationships between Murielle (who craves the intimacy of a love nest), Mounir (whose gratefulness to his foster father lets him invade it) and André (who gives the couple everything but controls their lives from A to Z), the infernal machine is activated and – a constant in classic tragedy – nothing can stop it.

    Such an approach will naturally be effective only if it rests on strong acting performances, which is fortunately the case here. Emilie Dequenne ("Rosetta", "La fille du RER") is deeply moving as Murielle, this Mother Courage - Mater Dolorosa turned Medea, while Tahar Rahim ("Un prophète", "Grand Central") translates to perfection Mounir's affectionate but weak temperament. As for Niels Arestrup ("Un prophète", "Diplomatie"), the formidable actor proves more menacing and terrifying than ever in the role of the couple's Nemesis hiding beneath a friendly exterior.

    Quite a gripping work, "A perdre la raison" is a film experience you will find hard to forget. Both a cold analysis of a tragic news event and the sympathetic portrait of a desperate woman, it is one of the most impressive movies shown in 2012.
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    • Release date
      • May 30, 2012 (Belgium)
    • Countries of origin
      • Belgium
      • Luxembourg
      • France
      • Switzerland
    • Official sites
      • Official Facebook (France)
      • Official Twitter
    • Languages
      • French
      • Arabic
    • Also known as
      • Perder la razón
    • Filming locations
      • Dudelange, Luxembourg(town hall for the wedding ceremony)
    • Production companies
      • Versus Production
      • Samsa Film
      • Les Films du Worso
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    • Gross US & Canada
      • $23,203
    • Opening weekend US & Canada
      • $5,500
      • Aug 4, 2013
    • Gross worldwide
      • $700,215
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    • Runtime
      1 hour 51 minutes
    • Color
      • Color
    • Sound mix
      • Dolby Digital
    • Aspect ratio
      • 2.35 : 1

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