Movie
Father of My Children
Overview
Grégoire Canvel has everything a man could want. A wife he loves, three delightful children, and a stimulating job. He's a film producer. Discovering talented filmmakers and developing films that fit his conception of the cinema-free and true to life-is precisely his reason for living. Yet his prestigious production company, Moon Films, is on its last legs.
Details
- Release date
- 2009-12-16
- Runtime
- 111 min
- Genres
- Drama
- Status
- Released
- Production
- Les Films Pelléas, 27 Films Production, ARTE France Cinéma
- Country
- France, Germany
- Original language
- FR
Cast
- Louis-Do de Lencquesaing as Grégoire Canvel
- Chiara Caselli as Sylvia Canvel
- Alice de Lencquesaing as Clémence Canvel
- Alice Gautier as Valentine Canvel
- Manelle Driss as Billie Canvel
- Éric Elmosnino as Serge
- Sandrine Dumas as Valérie, l'assistante de Grégoire
- Dominique Frot as Bérénice, la directrice de production
- Antoine Mathieu as Frédéric, le comptable
- Elsa Pharaon as Colette, la secrétaire
- Olivia Ross as Anja, la stagiaire
- Jamshed Usmonov as Kova Asimov
Crew
- Mia Hansen-Løve - Director
- Mia Hansen-Løve - Screenplay
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