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Baby Love (Comme les autres)

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After smashing box office records in France, Baby Love (Comme les autres) crosses the ocean to delight Toronto audiences. This first fiction feature by documentary filmmaker Vincent Garenq is a comedy of manners that doesn´t shy away from hard-hitting drama. Manu (Lambert Wilson), a pediatrician in his forties, and Philippe (Pascal Elbé), a lawyer, are a picture-perfect couple except for one tiny detail: Emmanuel desperately wants a child but Philippe is against it. Manu tries to adopt behind Philippe´s back but the scheme backfires when social services discover that he´s not heterosexual. Enter Fina (Pila Löpez de Ayala), a South American beauty in whose face Emmanuel can see the child he so desperately wants. She agrees to be his baby´s surrogate mother in exchange for a marriage of convenience but, of course, such arrangements are rarely simple.

A lively and stirring portrait of one man´s relentless quest to become a dad against all odds, this smash hit romantic comedy-drama is a moving exploration of today´s France where gay adoptions remain illegal while same-sex unions are readily sanctioned. Featuring a stellar cast that includes a radiant Lambert Wilson, this is a crowd-pleaser from start to finish.

TORONTO PREMIERE