Father of my Children
Director: Mia Hansen-Løve
Written By: Mia Hansen-Løve
Photography: Pascal Auffray
Starring: Louis-Do de Lencquesaing, Chiara Caselli, Alice de Lencquesaing
Year: 2009
Country: France, Germany
Written By: Mia Hansen-Løve
Photography: Pascal Auffray
Starring: Louis-Do de Lencquesaing, Chiara Caselli, Alice de Lencquesaing
Year: 2009
Country: France, Germany
Humbert Balsan may not be a name you know; he was French film producer with a passion for cinema, producing films such as Lars von Trier's Manderlay and many of the later films of Merchant and Ivory. Humbert was also a sufferer of depression and tragically in 2005 was found one afternoon hanging in his office in Paris.
Four years later film-maker Mia Hansen-Løve created Father of my Children, a fictionalized drama based on the life of Humbert Balsan. Although I should strictly state that Father of my Children is not a biopic of Humbert Balsan, it's merely inspired by his story.
Grégoire Canvel is the name character played by Louis-Do de Lencquesaing, the first half of the movie intersects between Grégoire's business life and his family life he shares with his wife and three children. In these different worlds we see two different Grégoires; In his business life we see a man who is intelligent and passionate, whereas in his family life he see the caring and nurturing side of his nature. We kindle a strong affection for Grégoire right before shocking occurrence that flips the film fifty minutes in. The second half of the picture is how the people around him, especially his family, cope with his death.
The thirty-one year old director, Mia Hansen-Løve, she has great eye and feel for pace. Fortunately, for her more than anyone else, she doesn't have any relation the the British gangster film-maker, Nick Love.
Father of my Children is both a touching and engaging drama, and an insightful and look at the film industry.
Score: 4/5.
Four years later film-maker Mia Hansen-Løve created Father of my Children, a fictionalized drama based on the life of Humbert Balsan. Although I should strictly state that Father of my Children is not a biopic of Humbert Balsan, it's merely inspired by his story.
Grégoire Canvel is the name character played by Louis-Do de Lencquesaing, the first half of the movie intersects between Grégoire's business life and his family life he shares with his wife and three children. In these different worlds we see two different Grégoires; In his business life we see a man who is intelligent and passionate, whereas in his family life he see the caring and nurturing side of his nature. We kindle a strong affection for Grégoire right before shocking occurrence that flips the film fifty minutes in. The second half of the picture is how the people around him, especially his family, cope with his death.
The thirty-one year old director, Mia Hansen-Løve, she has great eye and feel for pace. Fortunately, for her more than anyone else, she doesn't have any relation the the British gangster film-maker, Nick Love.
Father of my Children is both a touching and engaging drama, and an insightful and look at the film industry.
Score: 4/5.
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