Ricky (2009, French)

Cast: Alexandra Lamy, SergiLopez

Katie (Lamy) leads a perfunctory existence with her seven year old daughter in a council flat on the outskirts of Paris in an industrial town. She works as a factory worker to support them. The mother, daughter make a close pair with the daughter sometimes playing a more concerned grownup of the two.
At work, newcomer Paco (Sergi Lopez) catches a fancy to her. He soon moves in with Katie to the initial displeasure and then slow resignation of her daughter Lisa. Some months down, Katie and Paco have a baby out of wedlock. They take turns to look after the baby while the other works at the factory. One evening Katie returns home from work along with Lisa to find that the baby has red bumps on its back. Katie confronts Paco suspecting that he'd abused the baby. Paco walks out on her. At some point after, it gradually dawns on Katie and Lisa that this baby is different from others. From the red bumps on her son's back sprout  feathery wings that grow to a considerable size. They find to their bewilderment that the baby can fly. Katie throws herself into a positive mould even not minding Paco gone by embracing her son as a special gift she must protect from the world and nurture. This causes Lisa to feel a bit left out.
On a christmas shopping run at the supermarket, the baby takes flight soaring over aisles, peoples' heads. Amid this bedlam the baby is captured by cell phone cameras and makes a splash on the local news and TV. People are intrigued. Reporters start to hound their flat. Paco shows up at this point. He convinces Katie that by striking a deal for money with the reporters and showing off their son in flight, they'd have more means to take care of their baby and the rest of the family.
The movie after this point sadly takes a nosedive. It's as though the director and everybody else proceeded to sleep through the rest making things really obscure. Several themes are suggestively glazed upon without heeding to any in particular pretty much leaving the audience perplexed. 
What started on a promising note ended like a deflated balloon mid-air. Kudos though to Lisa the child actor. Lamy and Sergi's talents seem a bit wasted here.
Rating: Two stars.