The Father of My Children
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The Father of My Children is a 2009 French drama film
directed by Mia Hansen-Løve
. It won the Jury Special Prize in the Un Certain Regard
section at the 2009 Cannes Film Festival
.
Drama film
A drama film is a film genre that depends mostly on in-depth development of realistic characters dealing with emotional themes. Dramatic themes such as alcoholism, drug addiction, infidelity, moral dilemmas, racial prejudice, religious intolerance, poverty, class divisions, violence against women...
directed by Mia Hansen-Løve
Mia Hansen-Løve
Mia Hansen-Løve is a French film director and screenwriter. She has directed three films since 2004. Her film The Father of My Children, won the Special Jury Prize in the Un Certain Regard section at the 2009 Cannes Film Festival....
. It won the Jury Special Prize in the Un Certain Regard
Un Certain Regard
Un Certain Regard is a section of the Cannes Film Festival's Official Selection. It is run at the Salle Debussy, parallel to the competition for the Palme d'Or.This section was introduced in 1978 by Gilles Jacob...
section at the 2009 Cannes Film Festival
2009 Cannes Film Festival
The 62nd annual Cannes Film Festival was held from May 13 to May 24, 2009. French actress Isabelle Huppert was the President of the Jury. It was announced on March 19, 2009, that Pixar's film Up would open the festival...
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Cast
- Michaël Abiteboul
- Chiara CaselliChiara CaselliChiara Caselli is an Italian actress. In 1994, Caselli won the Nastro d'Argento Best Actress award as well as the David di Donatello for Best Actress award...
- Alice de LencquesaingAlice de LencquesaingAlice de Lencquesaing is a French actress who played in 2009 film The Father of My Children with her father Louis-Do de Lencquesaing. She was also in the film "Summer Hours".-References:...
- Louis-Do de Lencquesaing
- Manelle Driss
- Sandrine DumasSandrine DumasSandrine Dumas is a French film actress.Dumas was born in Neuilly-sur-Seine. She has appeared in Twice a Woman , Miloš Forman's Valmont, and Krzysztof Kieślowski's The Double Life of Véronique, among other films....
- Eric ElmosninoEric ElmosninoEric Elmosnino is a French actor and musician of jewish origin. He is best known internationally for portraying Serge Gainsbourg in the film Gainsbourg for which he won the César Award for Best Actor....
- Dominique Frot
- Alice Gautier
- Valerie Lang
- Harald Leander as Swedish assistant
- Igor Hansen Love
- Antoine Mathieu
- Patrick Mimoun
- Elsa Pharaon
- Olivia Ross