In 2014, a newly married Parisian couple, Céline and Nadia Steyer, navigate the byzantine process of having a child through in vitro fertilization when this procedure was not yet legal for lesbian couples in France. Nadia is pregnant, having conceived via a donor in Denmark, and Céline must legally adopt their child to have parental rights. It is a major administrative burden, requiring 15 letters of support from family and friends who have seen her caring for the child, meaning that the child will likely be close to a year old by the time the adoption process is finally finished. At times humorous and light-hearted, the film remains optimistic and well-grounded while acknowledging the complicated political and cultural obstacles queer people face in starting a family
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