When dedicated high school teacher Rachel (Virginie Efira) falls in love with Ali (Roschdy Zem), it’s not long before she also falls for his daughter Leila. The lustful giddiness of Rachel and Ali’s relationship soon evolves into the familiar warmth of family picnics and after-school pickups, but while she quickly begins to feel like a mother, Rachel is not allowed to forget that Lelia is another woman’s daughter. Rachel begins to long for a child of her own, but as a forty-something woman, she is abundantly aware that her remaining time to start a family is limited.
Rachel must decide whether to embrace the inherent entanglements of her current situation, including coparenting with Ali’s ex-wife Alice (Chiara Mastroianni), or strike out again on her own. Other People’s Children is a soulful, sexy, and resolutely grown-up story of the elusive quest for agency and belonging.
