The Ties That Bind Us

The Ties That Bind Us

2025•1h 46m•7.1/10

Drama

Ratings

🎬TMDb

7.1/10(258)

A young single father trying to find the strength to love. A feminist librarian, single by conviction, who’s decided that she won’t be a mother. A six-year-old child trying to find a place in a new family structure. By revealing their aspirations, their fears, their choices, Carine Tardieu depicts different ways in which humans create families.

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Production

Karé Productions, France 2 Cinéma, uMedia

Language

FR

Status

Released

Release Date

Cast

Pio Marmaï

Pio Marmaï

Alex

Valeria Bruni Tedeschi

Valeria Bruni Tedeschi

Sandra

Vimala Pons

Vimala Pons

Emilia

Raphaël Quenard

Raphaël Quenard

David

César Botti

César Botti

Elliot

Catherine Mouchet

Catherine Mouchet

Fanny (la mère de Cécile)

Marie-Christine Barrault

Marie-Christine Barrault

La mère de Sandra et Marianne

Mélissa Barbaud

Mélissa Barbaud

Cécile

Florence Muller

Florence Muller

La sœur d'Emillia

Nikita Faulon

L'infirmière

Laurence Huby

La maire

Ike Ortiz

Jibril

Christine Defay

Responsable école

Sissi Duparc

Sissi Duparc

La patiente roumaine

Erwan Maillot

Erwan Maillot

Le steward

Éric Slabiak

Musicien groupe musique Balkans

Eric Verdin

Eric Verdin

L’amant du jeudi

Lise Gervais

La soeur d’Emillia

Izia Le Goff

Lucille 1 an

Olympe Herviaux Drider

Lucille 2 ans

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