A Loving Father
6.2
Writer Léo Shepherd lives in rural France together with his daughter Virginia, who manages his affairs. One day Virginia gets a call from the Swedish Academy. Léo has won the Nobel Prize for Literature. His estranged son Paul tries desperately to contact him, but is denied every time by his sister. When Léo starts traveling to the ceremony in Stockholm by motor bike, Paul decides to follow him and try to speak to him. Clearly Léo doesn't want to be followed, starts speeding and gets involved in a accident, but isn't badly hurt. The police confuse another motorist for Shepherd and announce his death. Paul, driven by his childhood experiences, decides to kidnap his father.
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Cast
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Gérard Depardieu
Léo Shepherd
Known for
Asterix & Obelix: Mission Cleopatra
1492: Conquest of Paradise
Guillaume Depardieu
Paul
Known for
The Count of Monte Cristo
Napoleon
Sylvie Testud
Virginia
Known for
La Vie en Rose
Tamara
Julien Boisselier
Arthur
Known for
Le Chef
Don't Worry, I'm Fine
Hiam Abbass
Salma
Known for
Succession
Blade Runner 2049
Frédéric Polier
André
Pierre-Alexandre Crevaux
Paul à 8 ans
No other roles listed
Pippa Schallier
Virginia à 11 ans
No other roles listed
Noémie Kocher
Marthe
Also in
Two Is a Family
La Garçonne
Johanna Mohs
Pippi
No other roles listed
Jacques Frantz
Antoine Levy
Known for
Asterix and the Vikings
Heartbreaker
Karina Aktouf
Paul's fiancée
Also in
L'Or
The Marsh
Jacob Berger Director · Ed Radtke Writer Pascal Barollier Writer
Director Writer
Jacob Berger
Writer
Ed Radtke
Writer
Pascal Barollier
Composer
Jean-Claude Petit
Cinematographer
Pascal Marti
Editor
Cathy Chamorey
Production designer
Kay Brown
Production designer
Ivan Niclass
Production designer
Pierre Allard
Costume designer
Suzie Harman
Costume designer
Kay Devanthey Giovannoni
Budget $5.4M · First release November 13, 2002 · Produced in France, United Kingdom, Canada, Switzerland
Box office
Budget
$5,400,000
Production
GMT Productions
Production
DD Productions
Production
France 3 Cinéma
Production
Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes Cinéma
Production
Transfilm
Production
Spice Factory
Production
Great British Films
Production
Enterprise Films
Production
Vega Film
Production
France · United Kingdom · Canada · Switzerland
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Languages
Original title
Aime ton père
Original language
French
Spoken on screen
French
Release dates
France · November 13, 2002
Theatrical
No release date listed for United States.
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