The Man Who Wanted a Child

Alfred lives with his mother in a small village keeping chickens and selling eggs at the local market He doesnt speak except to his mother and to children He has a girlfriend of sorts although she shies away from any physical contact with her But more than anything Alfred wants a child As natural fatherhood is out of the question he takes the next best option and makes an application to adopt With a very unFrench lack of bureaucracy Alfreds adoptive son arrives but turns out not to be the bouncing baby he was hoping for taken from London Film Festival 2006 catalogue