A Loving Father
Aime ton pere
Colour, 35 mm
France, Canada, United Kingdom, Switzerland, 2002, 100 min
Section: Variety Critics´ Choice
| Director: | Jacob Berger |
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| Screenplay: | Jacob Berger, Ed Radtke, Pascal Barollier |
| Dir. of Photography: | Pascal Marti |
| Music: | Jean-Claude Petit |
| Editor: | Cathy Chamorey |
| Producer: | Jean-Pierre Guérin, Gérard Depardieu, Patrick Bordier |
| Production: | GMT Productions, koprodukce / co-production: DD Productions, France 3 Cinema, Rhone-Alpes Cinema (France), Transfilm (Canada), Spice Factory, Great British Films, Enterprise Films (U.K.), Vega Film AG |
| Sales: | France Télévision Distribution |
| Contact: | Vega Film AG |
| Distributor: | SPI International - Czech Republic |
| Cast: | Gérard Depardieu, Guillaume Depardieu, Sylvie Testud, Julien Boisselier, Noemie Kocher, Hiam Abbass, Frédéric Polier |
Synopsis
A famous writer and his son work out their troubled relationship during a trans-Euro odyssey in A Loving Father, a substantial sophomore pic by Swiss helmer Jacob Berger in which Depardieu pére et fils go the full 15 rounds. Marbled with unreal touches, and never degenerating into either a screamfest or sentimental drama, what could have been a by-the-numbers father-son drama becomes a kind of emotional thriller, and the sense of dislocation from reality is heightened by Berger´s direction, speckled with offbeat touches and humor. More than once, the pic plays like a twisted version of Ingmar Bergman´s ´50s classic, Wild Strawberries, also centered on a distinguished personality recalling his youth and shortcomings as he journeys to accept an award.
Derek Elley
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