The Ties That Bind Us (L’Attachement)

The Ties That Bind Us (L’Attachement) French Film Festival UK 2026 (15) 106min (2024) | Exploring the challenges of modern family structures, the film follows a single father, a feminist librarian, and a child seeking a place to belong as they navigate love, desires, and redefining what it means to be a family. By revealing their aspirations, their fears, their choices, writer/director Carine Tardieu depicts different ways in which humans create families. Based on the novel L’Intimité by Alice Ferney, the film scooped a César for best film. Her new project All the Little Live Thingswas pitched at the Cannes Film Festival market and is based on the 1967 American novel of the same title by Pulitzer Prize winner Wallace Stegner. Cast Valeria Bruni Tedeschi, Pio Marmaï, César Botti, Raphaël Quenard, Vimala Pons Director Carine Tardieu I 2024 I France / Belgium I 106 mins French with English subtitles https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=idKKmHZRtRk