Ricky was adapted by Ozon from a short story by English novelist Rose Tremain, Moth (Vintage Books).

Set in working-class France, Katie (Alexandra Lamy) is an assembly line factory worker and single mother of Lisa (Melusine Mayance), looking for some excitement in her mundane life, falls in love with Paco (Sergi Lopez), an ordinary man. Not long into the romance they discover they are expecting a child, yet neither knows what an extraordinary child this will be.

Ricky (Arthur Peyret) is an ordinary infant until one day bruised lumps on his shoulder blades begin to show, developing into sores and later, when the skin breaks, wings.

This social drama cum fantasy envelopes the viewer into a believable 'real' world where ordinary characters deal with a not-so-ordinary situation.

Where Ricky's wings should be unsettling, they are more puzzling and fascinating to the family and provide them with an alternative to an otherwise mundane existence. As the infant's condition develops, so too does the family evolve; the characters developing in line with the key growth stages of Ricky's appendages. Drawn into the drama from the outset, viewers can be forgiven for not realizing when they are entering supernatural territory, thus involuntarily suspending disbelief.

The film also deals with instinct more broadly, referencing the animal instinct in several darkly comical moments. This link with the animal world also serves to further distance the viewer from the idea of angels, as does the choice of brown for feathers on Ricky's wings.

Yet to be classified. French with English subtitles.