A Loving Father
Variety Critics’ Choice: Europe Now! 2003 / Aime ton pere / France, Canada, United Kingdom, Switzerland 2002
Offbeat father-son drama starring Depardieu pere et fils and set during a
trans-Euro road odyssey.
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
About the film
100 min / Color, 35 mm
Director Jacob Berger
/ 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
/ Cast Gérard Depardieu, Guillaume Depardieu, Sylvie Testud, Julien Boisselier, Noemie Kocher, Hiam Abbass, Frédéric Polier
/ Contact Vega Film AG, France Télévision Distribution, SPI International Czech Republic
Contacts
Vega Film AG
Seefeldstrasse 115, CH - 8034, Zürich
Switzerland
Phone: +41 1 384 8090
Fax: +41 1 384 8099
E-mail: info@vegafilm.com
France Télévision Distribution
"Le Barjac" 1, Blvd. Victor, 75015, Paris
France
Phone: +33 1 562 290 00, +33 1 562 290 70
Fax: +33 1 562 290 84
E-mail: ftd@francetv.com
SPI International Czech Republic
Branicka 1950/209, 140 00, Praha 4
Czech Republic
Phone: +420 261 216 318
Fax: +420 261 221 375
E-mail: spi@spi-film.cz
Guests
Jacob Berger
Francine Brücher
