Drama of an unmarried mother who regrets having had her child fostered and fights its foster parents to have it restored to her.
Acting
Schneider's raw desperation — she burns through the screen.
Direction
Chapot's clinical eye makes cruelty feel inevitable.
Director
Jean Chapot
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Shot in just 20 days on a shoestring budget, this was one of Schneider's rare French-German co-productions during her 'serious actress' pivot post-Sissi.
The film eerily mirrors Schneider's own complicated relationship with motherhood and the public's ownership of her image — she was simultaneously worshipped and punished for her choices.
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