The Sixth Child

The Sixth Child
Theatrical release poster
FrenchLe Sixième Enfant
Directed byLéopold Legrand
Screenplay by
  • Léopold Legrand
  • Catherine Paillé
Based onPleurer des rivières
by Alain Jaspard
Produced by
  • Frédéric Brillion
  • Gilles Legrand
Starring
CinematographyJulien Ramirez Hernan
Edited byCatherine Schwartz
Music byLouis Sclavis
Production
companies
Distributed byPyramide Distribution
Release dates
  • 24 August 2022 (2022-08-24) (Angoulême)
  • 28 September 2022 (2022-09-28) (France)
Running time
92 minutes
CountryFrance
LanguageFrench
Box office$488,792

The Sixth Child (French: Le Sixième Enfant) is a 2022 French drama film directed by Léopold Legrand in his feature debut, and co-written by Legrand and Catherine Paillé. The film is loosely based on the 2018 novel Pleurer des rivières by Alain Jaspard. It stars Sara Giraudeau, Benjamin Lavernhe, Damien Bonnard and Judith Chemla. It had its world premiere at the Angoulême Francophone Film Festival on 24 August 2022. It was released in France on 28 September 2022.