An Impossible Love

(2018)

★ 6.6 IMDb · 239 votes

Genres: Drama, Romance, History

Year: 2018

Runtime: 135 мин

Country: Belgium, France

Director: Catherine Corsini

Cast: Виржини Эфира, Niels Schneider, Дженни Бет, Estelle Lescure, Coralie Russier, Iliana Zabeth, Catherine Morlot, Ambre Hasaj, Sasha Alessandri-Torrès Garcia, Pierre Salvadori

Plot

A chronicle of the unconditional love between a mother and her daughter, from 1958 to the present day, which is endangered by an unsteady and manipulative father.

In the late 1950s in Châteauroux, France, Rachel, a modest office worker, meets Philippe, a brilliant young man born to a bourgeois family. This brief but passionate connection results in the birth of a daughter, Chantal. Philippe refuses to marry outside of his social class and Rachel has to raise their daughter alone. Regardless, Chantal is a great source of happiness for Rachel. She wishes for Philippe to legally acknowledge his daughter, which would give her his last name. A battle of more than ten years ensues, which will eventually break up all of their lives.