The Ties That Bind Us

L'attachement

TIFF65: Greek Premiere

A young single father trying to find the strength to love. A feminist librarian, single by conviction, who’s decided that she won’t be a mother. A six-year-old child trying to find a place in a new family structure. By revealing their aspirations, their fears, their choices, Carine Tardieu depicts different ways in which humans create families. Exploring the challenges of modern family structures, the film follows three individuals who seek a place to belong as they navigate love, and desires, and redefine what it means to be a family. A delicately crafted humanist film about the unpredictable emotional ties we randomly forge through dramas, loving encounters and the merry-go-round of life.

Screening Schedule

No physical screenings scheduled.

Direction: Carine Tardieu

Script: Carine Tardieu, Raphaële Moussafir, Agnès Feuvre

Cinematography: Elin Kirschfink

Editing: Christel Dewynter

Sound: Ivan Dumas, Thomas Gauder, Thomas Desjonquère

Music: Eric Slabiak

Actors: Pio Marmaï, Valeria Bruni Tedeschi, Vimala Pons, Raphaël Quenard, César Botti

Production: Karé Productions

Producers: Fabrice Goldstein, Antoine Rein

Co-production: France 2 Cinéma, Umedia

Costumes: Nathalie Raoul

Production Design: Pascale Consigny

Format: DCP

Color: Color

Production Country: France, Belgium

Production Year: 2024

Duration: 106'

Contact: The Festival Agency

Carine Tardieu

After studying audiovisual arts in Paris, where she grew up, Carine Tardieu worked as an assistant director and then directed two short films that won multiple awards at international festivals. After a stint in television, where she worked as a screenwriter, she co-wrote and directed her first feature film, La Tête de maman. This was followed by The Dandelions, Just to Be Sure (selected for the Directors’ Fortnight at Cannes 2017), and then The Young Lovers. The Ties That Bind Us is her fifth film.