Father of My Children
A film producer struggles with suicidal despair.
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DVD Details
- Rated: Unrated
- Run Time: 1 hours, 51 minutes
- Video: Color
- Encoding: Region 1 (USA & Canada)
- Released: March 29, 2011
- Originally Released: 2008
- Label: Ifc Independent Film
Performers, Cast and Crew:
Starring | Alice Gautier, Louis-Dominique deLencquesaing, Chiara Caselli, Manelle Driss & Alice DeLencquesaing | |
Directed by | Mia Hansen-Løve | |
Screenwriting by | Mia Hansen-Løve | |
Director of Photography: | Pascal Auffray |
Entertainment Reviews:
3.5 stars out of 4 -- The film's second half is the most touching, because it shows that our lives are not merely our own, but also belong to the events we set in motion.
Chicago Sun-Times
It's a very intelligent film this, and one I think which is not just revealing about film-making but has insights into the dilemmas of many others who see the businesses -- or indeed family farms -- they have built up over a lifetime going under.
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MovieTime, ABC Radio National
Rating: 3/4 --
A subtle work on an exceedingly difficult subject.
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Houston Chronicle
[Hansen-Love's] camera is attentive and watchful, following her characters at a respectful but distinctly interested distance; it's a technique that creates a solid bond with a series of highly enigmatic characters without compromising their mystery.
Movieline
3.5 stars out of 5 -- De Lencquesaing perfectly embodies the dashing, persuasive and unmistakably Gallic impresario of Moon Films...
Box Office
[P]oignant, startling....What makes the film so affecting is that it's also a love story about a family.
New York Times
A modest drama about a suicide and its aftermath that never quite moves an audience as it should.
Hollywood Reporter
Product Description:
A family is forced to learn a painful lesson about the man of the house in this drama from director Mia Hansen-Løve. Grégoire Canvel (Louis-Do de Lencquesaing) is an independent film producer who runs a well-respected production company, Moon Films. For Grégoire, to work is to live, and while he loves his wife, Sylvia (Chiara Caselli), and their three daughters, Clemence (Alice de Lencquesaing), Valentine (Alice Gautier), and Billie (Manelle Driss), during the week he's practically a stranger to them. Grégoire makes a point of spending each weekend with his family at their cottage in the country, but even then separating him from his cell phone is all but impossible, and Sylvia and the girls are reaching the end of their patience with Grégoire and his obsession with work. Though there's no question that Grégoire is devoted to Moon Films, he's kept a secret from Sylvia and his daughters about the state of the company, and it's not until a sudden, desperate act forces Sylvia into leadership of the company that they come to understand the real reasons behind his unrelenting schedule. LE PÈRE DE MES ENFANTS (aka THE FATHER OF MY CHILDREN) was an official selection at the 2009 Cannes Film Festival, where it was screened as part of the "Un Certain Regard" program.
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