The Father of My Children
- Louis -Do de Lencquesaing: Grégoire Canvel
- Chiara Caselli: Sylvia Canvel
- Alice de Lencquesaing: Clémence Canvel
- Alice Gautier: Valentine Canvel
- Manelle Driss: Billie Canvel
- Magne - Håvard Brekke: Stig Janson
- Valérie Lang: Isabelle
- Eric Elmosnino: Serge
The father of my children is a French film drama from the year 2009. For Written and directed by the young French Mia Hansen - Løve responsible. The film shows how a family with the father's suicide is finished. Its premiere the film on 17 May 2009 at the Cannes Film Festival.
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Grégoire is a loving family man, but failed career as a film producer. Too many projects running in parallel, the films are not very profitable, and the production of the eccentric filmmaker Stig Janson in Sweden consumes more money than planned - the financial resources have been exhausted. When the debts get out of hand, Grégoire sees no other way than to take his own life. His wife, Sylvia, and three daughters Clemence, Valentine and Billie remain fassunglos.
After the widow has wound the first mourning pain, she became head of the production company, Moon Films into their own hands. Because she knows how much Grégoire meant the current productions, she tries to find ways out of the crisis. Her oldest daughter Clémence learns meanwhile that her father has an illegitimate son, whom he hid from his children. Despite Sylvia's great work, it can no longer avert insolvency. She hands over the office of the bankruptcy trustee. Sylvia finally considered France to turn his back and walk in their native Italy, even though their children in Paris, and thus want to stay at her father's grave. In order to gain some distance, the family initially traveling for two weeks.
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The budget amounted to € 2.5 million. The box office is just under 500,000 euros.
Its premiere the film on 17 May 2009 at the Cannes Film Festival. Theatrical release in Germany was on May 20, 2010.
The filmmaker Mia Hansen - Løve was inspired by the suicide of producer Humbert Balsan film († 2005) about this movie. His wife also worked after the death of her husband in his office of the company Ognon Pictures.
- The cast of Grégoire and Clémence are in real life father and daughter.
- The movie posters on the walls in Gregoire's offices show exclusively non-existent movies, but with very real existing actors, such as Isabelle Huppert and Constance Rousseau.
Film Music
- Que sera sera - Doris Day
- South American Folk Song - Jonathan Richman & The Modern Lovers
- Egyptian Reggae - Jonathan Richman & The Modern Lovers
- Johnny remember me - John Leyton
- Blue sleeves - Cliff Aungier
- The Girls in Paris - Lee Hazlewood
- Berceuse ( Chopin) - Maurizio Pollini
Awards
- 2009: Jury Prize for Mia Hansen - Løve in Cannes
- 2010: Lumiere Award for Best Screenplay