A young single father (Pio Marmaï) struggling to rebuild his life and find the strength to love again. A fiercely independent feminist bookstore owner (Valeria Bruni Tedeschi), single by conviction, who has long decided that motherhood is not for her. A perceptive six-year-old child searching for stability and a sense of belonging. When sudden tragedy strikes, their lives are unexpectedly intertwined as each must confront deeply held beliefs and unspoken fears.

In THE TIES THAT BIND US, Carine Tardieu's gently observed adaptation of Alice Ferney’s novel L’Intimité, she explores the many forms that love and parenthood can take, portraying how grief and intimacy can transform the ways in which people choose — and learn — to create a family.