The Man Who Wanted a Child
2007, French. Directed by Delphine Gleize.
Alfred lives with his mother in a small village keeping chickens and selling eggs at the local market. He doesn't speak, except to his mother and to children. He has a girlfriend of sorts, although she shies away from any physical contact with her. But more than anything, Alfred wants a child. As natural fatherhood is out of the question he takes the next best option, and makes an application to adopt. With a very un-French lack of bureaucracy Alfred's adoptive son arrives, but turns out not to be the bouncing baby he was hoping for. [taken from London Film Festival 2006 catalogue]
- Runtime
- 1h 27m
- Post-credits
- None listed
- Language
- French
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- Released
- 21 March 2007
- Original title
- L'homme qui rêvait d'un enfant
- Country
- France
- Written by
- Delphine Gleize
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The Man Who Wanted a Child runs 87 minutes (1h 27m).
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The Man Who Wanted a Child isn’t streaming on any OTT platform in India yet; it released on 21 March 2007. (Checked 13 November 2026.)
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Who directed The Man Who Wanted a Child?
The Man Who Wanted a Child (2007) was directed by Delphine Gleize and stars Artus de Penguern, Darry Cowl, Valérie Donzelli.