Guardianship is a drama film directed by Xavier Legrand and starring Rhea De Luguet and Dennis Menochet.
The film tells the story of a family's painful struggle under the influence of divorce, which leads to a joint custody of the child by the husband and wife.
A impatient judge who had just heard statements from father Anthony and lawyers from mother Miran, few cared about the fate of their daughter Josephine, who was about to turn 18, so the focus of the hearing was largely on Julian, 12, whose wishes determined the outcome of the trial. However, he did not appear in court, but instead asked the lawyer to issue his own statement: he did not want any contact with his father. Subsequently, the mother, Milan, issued an application for sole custody to the court, as she suspected Anthony had caused bodily harm to their daughter. Anthony denied his wife's allegations of violence and staunchly defended his right to see the children, without any evidence that Anthony had hurt his daughter.
After the judge acquitted Anthony, he went to the child's grandparents' house to pick up his son Julian, Who forced Julian to have dinner at his grandparents' house, and on the first weekend, Julian said he had a stomachache trying to get rid of him and that he seemed to have to side with his mother.
"Guardianship" is a domestic violence film that is very emotionally designed to move people's hearts, maintaining a calm and realistic style from beginning to end. The film does not use a traditional soundtrack throughout, but focuses on the sound that surrounds the characters, which presents a shocking effect and a sense of threat in the film's complex sound design. The art director's realistic depiction of life scenes based on the characters' social class traits further suggests that the story that takes place in the film is by no means unique in Today's France.