Cinemania 2016 - Le Fils de Jean

Le Fils de Jean / A Kid
Quebec - France / 98 minutes / 2016 / Language: French

North American Premier

The director Philippe Lioret (WELCOME) was inspired by Jean-Paul Dubois’s novel SI CE LIVRE POUVAIT ME RAPPROCHER DE TOI to create this film. Veteran Québec actor Gabriel Arcand adds prestige to the film, and other French and Québécois actors are excellent.

It is an intriguing story that keeps the audience's interest. Its main themes of love and infidelity, fatherhood, and searching for one' s family identity, trying to discover the father and siblings one never knew, weave an intriguing tale that gets fully unravelled, in the same way as in a good detective story, only at the very end of the film.

This was the 2016 ANGOULÊME FRANCOPHONE FILM FESTIVAL closing film.

 OFFICIAL SYNOPSES:

“At 33, Mathieu, (Pierre Deladonchamps), still has no idea who his real father is. One morning, a surprising phone call reveals that his dad was a Canadian and that, sadly, he has just passed away. Mathieu also discovers that he has two stepbrothers. He decides to attend the funeral and meet his siblings, but once in Montreal, he realises that no one was ever made aware of his existence. What’s more, no one wants to get to know him.” 

PRODUCTION TEAM:

Director: PHILIPPE LIORET

Cast: PIERRE DELADONCHAMPS, GABRIEL ARCAND, MARIE-THÉRÈSE FORTIN, PATRICK HIVON

Producer: Pierre Even, Marielle Duigou, Philippe Lioret, Marie-Claude Poulin

Scriptwriter: Nathalie Carter, Philippe Lioret

Distributor: LE PACTE, LES FILMS SÉVILLE

Filmography: Mademoiselle (2000), Je vais bien ne t'en fais pas (2006), Welcome (2010)

FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE CINEMANIA FILM FESTIVAL, VISIT THE CINEMANIA WEBSITE.

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