Fils de personne, Safy Nebbou's latest film, hits cinemas on June 10, 2026. Led by Romain Duris, this family drama of 97 minutes follows a man confronted with his wife's death and the sudden responsibility of an adopted child who doesn't yet recognise him as father.
Nobody's Son
Film | 2026
Release in cinemas: 10 June 2026
Drama | Duration: 1h37
Directed by Safy Nebbou | Screenplay: Safy Nebbou, Cyril Gomez-Mathieu
Starring Romain Duris
Nationality: France
The story opens with Mapring, four years old, arriving in France. Not long after the adoption, the child loses his new mother in a car crash. Thomas, devastated, is left to raise him solo, facing a bond that hasn’t formed yet and a paternity he must learn to own.
The character decides to return to Thailand to find Mapring’s biological family and give her another chance at a better future. This journey also becomes the backdrop for a gradual transformation: between a grieving adult and a displaced child, the film traces the emergence of a fragile bond, formed more in doubt than in certainty.
After In the Forests of Siberia and Who You Think I Am, Safy Nebbou returns to a drama centered on the intimate, on loss and rebuilding. Fils de personne speaks to audiences drawn to family sagas, adoption stories, and films where the journey acts as an emotional turning point, without reducing the subject to a simple arc of reconciliation.
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