The Father Of My Children

Filmmaker: Mia Hansen-Løve

France / 2009 / 110 Min / French (with English Subtitles)

Opening Weekend Date: 5 March 2010

Cinemas screening the film: Curzon Soho, Curzon Richmond and Renoir

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.