Directed by:
Jacob BergerScreenplay:
Jacob BergerCinematography:
Pascal MartiComposer:
Jean-Claude PetitCast:
Gérard Depardieu, Guillaume Depardieu, Sylvie Testud, Julien Boisselier, Hiam Abbass, Martin Forsström, Stefan Kollmuss, Manuel Tadros, Marc Brunet (more)Plots(1)
Real-life father and son Gerard Depardieu and Guillaume Depardieu star in this almost too-close-for-comfort drama about fame and a dysfunctional family. Paul is a menacing yet sympathetic twenty-something drifter who has lived his life in the shadow of Leo, his emotionally distant father. Leo is a celebrated novelist who has just won a Nobel Prize. In a moment of desperation, Paul abducts Leo and tries to connect with him as they travel the English countryside. A Loving Father traces the complexities of family dynamics in this bitterly funny tale. (official distributor synopsis)
(more)Cast
Gérard Depardieu
France
Best movies:
Jean de Florette (1986)
Two Men in Town (1973)
Shut Up! (2003)
Guillaume Depardieu
France
Best movies:
The Count of Monte Cristo (1998) (series)
Les Misérables (2000) (series)
Napoléon (2002) (series)
Sylvie Testud
France
Best movies:
Maximilian & Marie De Bourgogne (2017) (series)
Beyond Silence (1996)
La Vie en rose (2007)
Julien Boisselier
France
Best movies:
Mise à nu (2021) (TV movie)
Mr & Mme Adelman (2017)
Don't Worry, I'm Fine (2006)
Hiam Abbass
Israel
Best movies:
The Diving Bell and the Butterfly (2007)
The Promise (2011) (series)
The Visitor (2007)
Martin Forsström
Best movies:
A Loving Father (2002)
Making Waves (2004)
Naked (2000)
Stefan Kollmuss
Best movies:
Female Agents (2008)
A Loving Father (2002)
Tatort (1970) (series)
Manuel Tadros
Egypt
Best movies:
Life with My Father (2005)
Laurence Anyways (2012)
I Killed My Mother (2009)
Marc Brunet
Best movies:
The Pharmacist (2003)
A Loving Father (2002)
Little Indian, Big City (1994)
Jacques Frantz
France
Best movies:
My New Partner (1984)
Dear Inspector (1978)
What the Day Owes the Night (2012)
Noémie Kocher
Switzerland
Best movies:
Two Is a Family (2016)
Anna's Time (2016) (TV movie)
Henry Dunant: Du rouge sur la croix (2006) (TV movie)
Richard Ulfsäter
Sweden
Best movies:
Patrik, Age 1.5 (2008)
Everlasting Moments (2008)
Four More Years (2010)
Elisabeth Niederer
Switzerland
Best movies:
A Loving Father (2002)
Der Zürich-Krimi (2016) (series)
Tatort (1970) (series)
Manuela Biedermann
Switzerland
Best movies:
A Loving Father (2002)
Tatort (1970) (series)
Johanna Mohs
Best movies:
A Loving Father (2002)
Urs-Peter Wolters
Best movies:
A Loving Father (2002)
Tatort (1970) (series)