Impossible Love, An (Corsini)

Director: Catherine Corsini
Stars: Virginie Efira, Niels Schneider, Jehnny Beth
Genre: Biography, Drama, Romance
Country: France | Belgium

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.

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