L'enfant des halles

Summary

In L'enfant des halles, a ten-year-old boy takes in a baby after the baby's father is killed and the mother goes mad. Fifteen years later, he encounters a young girl who is the baby he once cared for. This poignant drama explores themes of nurture, abandonment, and the complexities of familial bonds.

Synopsis

A ten-year-old boy takes in a baby whose father has been killed and whose mother has gone mad. But his parents entrust him to charitable market gardeners, who raise him. Fifteen years later, he goes to see his adopted "son" and finds himself in the presence of a beautiful young girl.