Archive of films Life with My Father / La vie avec mon père

Canada
2005, 110 min

Section: Official Selection - Competition
Year: 2005

Brothers Paul and Patrick are chalk and cheese, linked only by their surname and by the father whose name they adopted. When the aging man returns home with an empty bank account and a worsening state of health, all three are forced to coexist in the crumbling family house.


Synopsis

Paul, an impetuous 30-year-old and budding writer, sails blithely through life at his girlfriend’s side. The officious and numerically obsessed Patrick runs a pharmaceutical company while his private life falls about his ears. Paul and Patrick are chalk and cheese, linked only by their surname and by the father whose name they adopted. When the aging man returns home with an empty bank account and a worsening state of health, all three are forced to coexist in the crumbling family house. Canadian Sébastien Rose treats his second film as an intimate drama, viewing ordinary things in life with caustic humour and a subtle waft of operatic fervour. The tale is dominated by the bon-vivant figure of the magnanimous father, a lifelong lover of women and fine wine who sees his sudden sexual impotence as an opportunity to focus all his attention on his alienated sons.

About the director

Sébastien Rose

Sébastien Rose (b. 1969, Montreal) studied and then taught philosophy. He wrote, directed and produced the short films Vous n’avez pas votre place ici (1997) and Petits maîtres (1999). He also produced Diane Gagnon’s short film La rage, and has made several TV commercials. In 2003 he wrote and directed his first feature film How My Mother Gave Birth to Me During Menopause (Comment ma mère accoucha de moi durant sa ménopause), which brought him a Claude Jutra Award from the Canadian Film and Television Academy for the most remarkable debut.

Contacts

Max Films International
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About the film

Color, 35 mm
International premiere

Section: Official Selection - Competition
   
Director: Sébastien Rose
Screenplay: Sébastien Rose, Stéfanie Lanier
Dir. of Photography: Nicolas Bolduc
Music: Pierre Desrochers, Nathalie Boileau
Editor: Dominique Fortin
Producer: Roger Frappier, Luc Vandal
Production: Max Films
Cast: Raymond Bouchard, Paul Ahmarani, David La Haye, Hélène Florent
Contact: Max Films International
   
www: www.lavieavecmonpere.com

Guests

Alexandra Wermester

Sales Agent

Sébastien Rose

Film Director


Stéfanie Lasnier

Screenwriter

Raymond Bouchard

Actor


Brigitte Hubmann

Film Institution Rep.

Isabelle Raymond-Bouchard


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