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THE FATHER OF MY CHILDRENLe Père de mes enfants 2010 Lumière Award - Best Screenplay Un Certain Regard Special Jury Prize at the 2009 Cannes International Film Festival Festival Selection: Hong Kong International Film Festival (2010), Göteborg International Film Festival, Festivalfavoriter Section (2010), Cannes International Film Festival, Un Certain Regard (2009), Toronto International Film Festival, Contemporary World Cinema (2009), Pusan International Film Festival (2009), Rio de Janeiro International Film Festival, Expectativa (2009) West Coast Premiere Drama France/Germany, 2009 In French with English subtitles 35mm/1.85/Color/Dolby SRD/110 min Written and directed by: Mia Hansen-Løve Cinematography by: Pascal Auffray Editing by: Marion Monnier Produced by: David Thion, Philippe Martin Production Company: Les Films Pelléas Coproduction: Arte France Cinéma International Sales: Les Films du Losange 22, avenue Pierre 1er de Serbie 75116 Paris France Phone: +33 1.44.43.87.10 www.filmsdulosange.fr U.S. Distribution IFC Films 11 Penn Plaza, 18th floor New York, NY 10001 www.ifcfilms.com Cast: Louis-Do de Lencquesaing (Grégoire Canvel), Chiara Caselli (Sylvia Canvel), Alice de Lencquesaing (Clémence Canvel), Alice Gautier (Valentine Canvel), Manelle Driss (Billie Canvel), Eric Elmosnino (Serge), Sandrine Dumas (Valérie), Dominique Frot (Bérénice), Antoine Mathieu (Frédéric), Igor Hansen-Løve (Arthur Malkavian) Inspired by the life of late independent film producer Humbert Balsan, The Father of my Children is both a portrait of a man trying to reconcile family and work and a meditation on the difficulty of making art in today’s world. Louis-Do de Lencquesaing (The Untouchable, Caché) is Grégoire Canvel, a passionate film producer who devotes all his energy to financing films that he believes in. A tireless supporter of independent cinema and emerging filmmakers, he spends his life juggling creditors and debt in order to finance the next project. He loves his wife and children dearly but has very little time for them. As debts and creditors are closing in on him, his company is threatened to go bankrupt and the fragile balance that was keeping him afloat is suddenly destroyed. MIA HANSEN- LØVE is one of the most promising young French writer-directors. She started her career at the age of 18 when she met Olivier Assayas, who gave her a role in Late August, Early September (1998) and Les Destinées (2000). She then wrote for Les Cahiers du Cinéma and made various short films, including Après mûre réflexion in 2004. Her debut feature All is Forgiven (2007), was praised by critics and won the Louis Delluc prize for Best First Film. She met Balsan when she was working on All is Forgiven, which he was to produce. She is currently working on a new film, Un Amour de Jeunesse. PRESS "In ‘The Father of My Children’ French filmmaker Mia Hansen-Love makes something oddly beautiful and complex from a basic comic template. A story of a workaholic dad who has an immensely difficult time juggling business and family, the film nevertheless takes its conventions in a unexpected direction." indieWIRE "Father of My Children" is as much a snapshot of an ailing industry as it is a portrait of bereavement; Hansen-Love's concern for independent cinema, her awareness of the difficulty of financing and making art in economically strained times, are evident throughout. Justin Chang, Variety |