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Released last year.
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The Ties That Bind Us
2025 1h 46m FR
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7.2
SOLID
★7.2TMDB · 287
Drama
Synopsis
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A young single father trying to find the strength to love. A feminist librarian, single by conviction, who’s decided that she won’t be a mother. A six-year-old child trying to find a place in a new family structure. By revealing their aspirations, their fears, their choices, Carine Tardieu depicts different ways in which humans create families.
“Some stories are better left unspoiled.”
Cast
Pio Marmaï
Alex
Valeria Bruni Tedeschi
Sandra
Vimala Pons
Emilia
Raphaël Quenard
David
César Botti
Elliot
Catherine Mouchet
Fanny (la mère de Cécile)
Marie-Christine Barrault
La mère de Sandra et Marianne
Mélissa Barbaud
Cécile
Credits
Behind the camera
- Director
- Carine Tardieu
- Writers
- Carine Tardieu, Agnès Feuvre, Raphaële Moussafir
- Languages
- French
- Countries
- Belgium, France
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WORLD
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International production across 2 countries: Belgium, France.
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DIRECTOR
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Directed by Carine Tardieu, shot by Elin Kirschfink. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.
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DIRECTOR
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Original score by Éric Slabiak. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.
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DIRECTOR
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Editor Christel Dewynter shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.
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CAST
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Pio Marmaï and Valeria Bruni Tedeschi and Vimala Pons carry the top of the cast.
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WILD
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IMDB entry: tt33030403 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
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The take
Carine Tardieu directs. Elin Kirschfink behind the camera. Éric Slabiak scores. Christel Dewynter cuts. Produced in Belgium, France. Dialogue in French.
Trivia
Things worth knowing
- 1Released last year.
- 2International production across 2 countries: Belgium, France.
- 3Directed by Carine Tardieu, shot by Elin Kirschfink. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.
- 4Original score by Éric Slabiak. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.
- 5Editor Christel Dewynter shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.
- 6Pio Marmaï and Valeria Bruni Tedeschi and Vimala Pons carry the top of the cast.
- 7IMDB entry: tt33030403 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
- 8Classified under 8 themes, including "adoption", "family's daily life", "family relationships", "adoptive mother".
The technical file
- Cinematography
- Elin Kirschfink
- Original score
- Éric Slabiak
- Editing
- Christel Dewynter
- Production design
- Pascale Consigny
- Costume design
- Nathalie Raoul
- Makeup / hair
- Rémy Pilot
- Sound
- Thomas Gauder
- Runtime
- 106 min · 1h 46m
- Status
- Released
- Original language
- FR
Also by
Carine Tardieu
Production companies
Who made it
Karé Productions
FR
France 2 Cinéma
FR
uMedia
BE
Key crew
- NovelAlice Ferney
- ProducerAntoine Rein
- ProducerFabrice Goldstein
- CastingTatiana Vialle
- Production DesignPascale Consigny
- Assistant Production ManagerClaire Le Bas
- Second Assistant DirectorElsa Truscello
- First Assistant DirectorMathieu Vaillant
- Assistant Art DirectorPauline Bertin
- First Assistant Art DirectionHéléna Cisterne
- Set DesignerHervé Ingrand
- PropsTiphaine Lemou
- Property MasterHenri-Gabriel Robert
- ADR SupervisorFlorian Cornet
- ADR MixerAnna Devillaire
- Sound Re-Recording MixerThomas Gauder
- First Assistant CameraAlexandre Berry
- Second Assistant CameraMathieu Cassan
- GripAymé Dominguez
- Video Assist OperatorPierre-Alphonse Hamann
- Best Boy Lighting TechnicianAngèle Laroche
- "B" Camera OperatorYann Maritaud
- GafferJean-Baptiste Moutrille
- Key GripSimon Penhouet
Themes & keywords
What it's about, really
- adoption
- family's daily life
- family relationships
- adoptive mother
- neighbor
- cohabitation
- family bonding
- personal relationships
Release history · US
When it landed
- Theatrical2025-08-07
