life ahead of them” allows us to “see the usefulness of being able to grow up in a family home”, underlines Mélissa Theuriau

The documentary Placed babies, directed by Karine Dusfour, which will be broadcast Wednesday evening, November 15 on France 2, gives children a voice. For this film, Mélissa Theuriau, the producer, wanted to invest in the premises of a nursery in Val-de-Marne, which has the particularity of welcoming placed babies. Basile was notably followed from his first days within the establishment. His biological mother denied the pregnancy after an unwanted act, and therefore decided not to keep the child, born under X. Basile was thus followed by child welfare workers.

10,000 babies in nurseries

“It’s wonderful in our film to be able to see the usefulness of being able to grow up in a family home, and not in a nursery, and there are fewer and fewer families who are willing to take in these children.”, underlines Mélissa Theuriau. The documentary presents the job of family assistant, whose role is to help these babies develop without parents, feeling supported and confident so that they can also adopt future parents. In France, nearly 10,000 babies live in nurseries.