The Father of My Children
First Weekenders Club Festival Launch
UK PREMIERE
Filmmaker: Mia Hansen-Løve
France / 2009 / 110 min / French (with English subtitles)
Awards: Winner: Un Certain Regard, Special Jury Prize, Cannes
Renoir, Fri March 5, 6.15pm
Highly accomplished and superbly acted Cannes-winning drama exposing the travails of the film industry, guaranteed to shock and absorb.
Grégoire Canvel is a celebrated independent film producer whose company is approaching financial collapse, and a loving and charismatic father whose slightly jaded family catch rare glimpses of him between mobile phone calls and late nights on the job. This absorbing, rich drama is both a homage to and exposé of the travails of the film industry, with an utterly heartrending act in its centre sure to strike a bolt through your already gripped body and mind.
“Superbly acted... Guaranteed not to leave a dry eye in the house” Jonathan Romney, ScreenDaily.com
Mia Hansen-Løve
After starting her career as a film critic, Mia Hansen-Løve's first feature was the acclaimed, tender drama Tout Est Pardonné (All is Forgiven) (2007). Father is her 2nd work, and is stunningly accomplished for a filmmaker still in her twenties. Watch out for Hansen-Løve's brother Igor, who plays young filmmaker Arthur in the film.
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