MY FATHER’S GUESTS Les Invités de mon père Supported by: International Premiere Comedy France, 2010 In French with English subtitles 35mm/2.35/Color/Dolby DTS/95 min Directed by: Anne Le Ny Written by: Anne Le Ny, Luc Béraud Cinematography by: Patrick Blossier Editing by: Francine Sandberg Music by: Béatrice Thiriet Produced by: Bruno Lévy Production Company: Move Movie Coproduction: France 2 Cinéma, TF1 International International Sales: TF1 International 6 place Abel Gance 92100 Boulogne-Billancourt France Phone: +33 1.41.41.21.68 www.tf1international.com Cast: Karin Viard (Babette), Fabrice Luchini (Arnaud), Michel Aumont (Lucien), Valérie Benguigui (Karine), Veronika Novak (Tatiana), Raphaël Personnaz (Carter), Olivier Rabourdin (Rémi), Flore Babled (Julie), Emma Siniavski (Sorina) Lucien is a retired doctor known for his progressive beliefs and militant involvement in humanitarian causes. At the age of 80, he takes his convictions a step further and marries Tatiana, a young illegal immigrant from Moldavia, so she can stay in the country. From his daughter Babette (Karin Viard, Paris (COL•COA 2008), Change of Plans, The New Eve), herself a doctor who has always worshipped her father’s progressive convictions, to his son Arnaud (Fabrice Luchini, Molière, Intimate Strangers, Colonel Chabert, The Aviator’s Wife), who became a rich business lawyer partly as rebellion against him, everyone has a different interpretation of what seems like an old man’s whim. Chaos ensues as Tatiana makes herself at home and Lucien starts talking about inheritance. As an actress, ANNE LE NY has appeared in many feature films, most recently in The Chameleon (2010), a thriller co-written and directed by Jean-Paul Salomé. She has worked with writer-directors as eclectic as Agnès Jaoui (The Taste of Others) or Patrice Leconte (My Best Friend). With her critically acclaimed and César nominated first feature, Those Who Remain (screened at COL•COA 2008), she successfully transitioned to writing and directing. In 2008, she also wrote Didine, directed by Vincent Dietschy. She co-wrote My Father’s Guests with Luc Béraud, a frequent writing partner of 2010 Focus on a Filmmaker honoree Claude Miller.