Jusqu'à la garde
A broken marriage leads to a bitter custody battle with an embattled son at the centre, in this intense family drama from director Xavier Legrand.
Miriam and Antoine Besson have just divorced. Their young son, Julien, sits in family court reading out a letter denouncing his father. His sister, Josephine, having recently reached the age of majority, is not part of the dispute. Antoine is described as a violent monster, yet in court appears to be a model of calm reserve. Despite Miriam’s appeals for sole custody – also Julien’s preference – the judge gives the parents shared custody. Antoine tries to re-establish a relationship with a son who feels paralyzed by the competing emotional demands of his father and his mother, who will stop at nothing to remove both Julien and herself from her ex-husband’s life.