Emmanuèle Bernheim

When Katie, a struggling single mother and French factory worker, falls in love with her Spanish co-worker Paco, they produce something truly extraordinary: an angelic baby named Ricky. It isn't long before Ricky develops bumps on his back which look like something that will have the media in an uproar. This miraculous little creature brings the young family challenges and joys no parent could be prepared for, or could ever live without.

When Andř suffers a debilitating stroke and calls on his daughter Emmanüle to help him die with dignity, she finds herself faced with a painful decision. Based on Emmanüle Bernheim's memoir and an Official Selection of the Cannes Film Festival, the film's matter-of-factness elicits moments of humor that renders an otherwise weighty topic accessible. Steering clear of the moral arguments such issues often raise, the film instead focuses on the reckoning...