When she asks for a divorce, Elisa knows she's losing everything that made her daily life during ten years of marriage. The worst is that she may lose her children, claimed by her husband. She had only few months to rebuild. Find a job. Prove to the judge she can hold her family... A rebuilding that leads her to push her own limits, to put herself in danger, to learn how to trust people again and to discover a new herself... and, eventually, to fall in love again.
Acting
Claire Keim carries the whole mess with genuine desperation
Writing
Surprisingly nuanced custody battle for a TV movie
Director
Frédéric Auburtin
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Frédéric Auburtin co-directed the 1998 World Cup opening ceremony, which explains the unexpected visual polish for a TV movie.
This aired on French television during prime family viewing hours, making its frank depiction of post-divorce economic collapse unusually bold for 2008.
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