''In Safe Hands'' () is a 2018 French

drama film In film and television, drama is a category or genre of narrative fiction (or semi-fiction) intended to be more serious than humorous in tone. The drama of this kind is usually qualified with additional terms that specify its particular ...

directed by Jeanne Herry starring her mother

Miou-Miou Sylvette Herry (born 22 February 1950), known professionally as Miou-Miou (), is a French actress. A ten-time César Award nominee, she won the César Award for Best Actress for the 1979 film ''Memoirs of a French Whore''. Her other films inclu ...

Cast

Sandrine Kiberlain Sandrine Kiberlain (born Sandrine Kiberlajn; 25 February 1968) is a French people, French actress and singer. Her most notable roles were in the films ''The Patriots (film), The Patriots'' (1994), ''A Self Made Hero'' (1996), ''For Sale (1998 fi ...

: Karine *

Gilles Lellouche Gilles Lellouche (; born 5 July 1972) is a French actor and director. He was nominated twice for a César Award; in 2006 for Most Promising Actor and in 2011 for Best Supporting actor for his performance in '' Little White Lies'' (2010). Earl ...

: Jean * Élodie Bouchez : Alice * Olivia Côte : Lydie * Clotilde Mollet : Mathilde * Miou-Miou : Irène * Stéfi Celma : Elodie *

Jean-François Stévenin Jean-François Stévenin (; 23 April 194427 July 2021) was a French actor and filmmaker. He appeared in 150 films and television shows since 1968. He starred in the film '' Cold Moon'', which was entered into the 1991 Cannes Film Festival. He ...

: Alice's father *

Bruno Podalydès Bruno Podalydès (born 11 March 1961) is a French writer, film director, producer and actor. His brother Denis Podalydès is also an actor. Selected filmography References External links * {{DEFAULTSORT:Podalydes, Bruno 1961 births L ...

: Alice's ex * Grégory Gadebois : PFS Head of Service * Émilie Gavois-Kahn : The pediatric nurse

Production

The film was shot in seven weeks, between October and November 2017. Filming took place primarily in the

Finistère Finistère (, ; ) is a Departments of France, department of France in the extreme west of Brittany. Its prefecture is Quimper and its largest city is Brest, France, Brest. In 2019, it had a population of 915,090.Brest. Additional scenes were shot at the town hall of Brest. Filming also took place in the nearby commune of Locmaria-Plouzané. Filming also took place in

Belgium Belgium, officially the Kingdom of Belgium, is a country in Northwestern Europe. Situated in a coastal lowland region known as the Low Countries, it is bordered by the Netherlands to the north, Germany to the east, Luxembourg to the southeas ...

in order to capture scenes with infants only three days old and ten days old because in France, the law prohibits children under 3 months old from appearing in film.

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* 2018 drama films 2018 films French drama films 2010s French-language films Films about adoption 2010s French films Films shot in Finistère Films shot in Brest, France Films shot in Belgium Films featuring a Best Actress Lumières Award–winning performance French-language Belgian films {{2010s-France-drama-film-stub