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A tragedy gracefully lifted by tender empathy and moments of joy, Father of My Children is a quiet triumph for writer-director Mia Hansen-Love. Read critic reviews
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Grégoire (Louis-Do de Lencquesaing) is torn between the demands of his family and his obsession with his career. He runs an independent film company and barely has time to see his frustrated wife, Sylvia (Chiara Caselli), or his three daughters during the week. Their weekends are spent trying to enjoy time together even as Grégoire compulsively checks in with his partners. After a tragic incident, Sylvia takes over the company and realizes the extent of her husband's secrets.
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Genre: Drama
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Original Language: French (Canada)
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Director: Mia Hansen-Løve
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Producer: Oliver Damian, Philippe Martin, David Thion
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Writer: Mia Hansen-Løve, Mia Hansen-Løve
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Release Date (Theaters): limited
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Release Date (Streaming):
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Box Office (Gross USA): $144.0K
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Runtime:
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Distributor: IFC Films
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Production Co: Canal+, arte France Cinéma, Arte France Cinema, Les Films Pelleas
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Audience Reviews for The Father of My Children
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A man with a troubled professional life and an idyllic personal life is forced to re-evaluate his life. An hour into this film, there's an event which defines all that came before and comes after. But since the Flixster synopsis doesn't give it away (even though the Netflix synopsis does), I won't reveal it here. What I can say is that the film is thoroughly uninteresting for the first hour, but afterward it finds its focus and comes to a fairly satisfactory resolution. The film seems to be saying that any attempts we make in order to find meaning and existential security in our professional lives are not as satisfying as what we ignore in our personal lives. Overall, <i>Father of My Children</i> is poorly constructed and not well paced (the event an hour into it should have begun the film), but I ended up respecting it even if I couldn't like it.
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One of those films that critics love, I guess. For me....ZZZZZZZZZZZZZZzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz
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An excellent treatment of a difficult subject that was all the more personal for this viewer because of the recent suicide of someone he thought he knew fairly well. Gregoire Canvel (Louis-Do de Lencquesaing) is a somewhat successful movie producer who has made some questionable decisions that have left his empire vulnerable. The first half of the film sets up the situation so that the audience understands why he would find himself in such a dark place, but he keeps all of this somewhat hidden from his wife, Sylvia (Chiara Caselli) and his children. The last half of the film shows those affected by this ultimately selfish act dealing with the fallout. Of particular note was the performance by Alice de Lencquesang as his eldest daughter, Clemence. She managed to make the audience feel her pain without resorting to melodrama. One gets the feeling that she suppressed her rage and despair in order to appear brave for her mother and her sisters, yet her pain was evident in the smallest of gestures. All of the actors were marvelous in this and quite believable. The scenes in Paris evoked life in a vibrant city, while those at the various shooting locations of the films Gregoire was producing helped the audience feel his world shutting down on him. The action is slow, but purposely so. This is not a subject that lends itself to rapid-fire jump cuts and action sequences. Only by allowing the story to emerge as it did here can we find anywhere to attach the strong emotions this created. This was a sad story, but it never wallowed in the sadness. One gets the sense that life goes on for those who remain, as it must.
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a entertaining well thought out drama following a film producer up to his eyes in debt, his film company struggling, it takes its toll on his home life and there seems no way out, after his suicide we see his family, take the consequences of his loss but also the struggling company. a film that shows well not only the workings of a film company and its problems, but also the human side in the family it effects, the story is always engageing and follows the various story strands with great storytelling another interesting french adition
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