The Moon Child / La permission de minuit
Genre: Drama
Director: Delphine Gleize
Screenplay: Delphine Gleize
Running time: 1h 50 min
Starring: Vincent Lindon, Emmanuelle Devos, Caroline Proust
Distributor: Wild Bunch
France, March 2011
SYNOPSIS
An extraordinary friendship. David at 50 years old and Romain at 13.... David, a dermatology professor and crazy about his work, has been taking care of Romain since he was 2. Afflicted by a rare genetic deficiency, Romain has to live away from daylight. He is a “moon child”. Nothing seems to be able to separate them until the day David unexpectedly gets transferred. How is he to tell Romain of his departure?
