Benjamin and Aude have loved each other for 7 years. They live together on a small island in Brittany. Benjamin dreams of starting a family but the couple learns that Aude is sterile. So Benjamin has an idea. He is the one who will bear their child because before being Benjamin, his name was Sarah.
Acting
Noémie Merlant's physical transformation is stunningly vulnerable.
Direction
Mention-Schaar never exoticizes — just observes with warmth.
Cinematography
Brittany's gray skies mirror internal weather perfectly.
Director
Marie-Castille Mention-Schaar
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
One of the few films to center a pregnant trans man without making his body the spectacle — radical in its mundanity.
Noémie Merlant and director Mention-Schaar collaborated previously on 'Les Héritiers'; this was Merlant's first post-'Portrait of a Lady on Fire' role.
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