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A Loving Father (2002)

A Loving Father (2002)

Drama
Release Date: 2002, November 13
Directors: Jacob Berger
Countries: Canada, Switzerland, France, United Kingdom
Production: GMT Productions, D&D Productions, France 3 Cinéma, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes Cinéma, Transfilm, Spice Factory, Great British Films, Enterprise Films, Vega Film
Cast: Roberto Bestazzoni, Hiam Abbass, Manuel Tadros, Gérard Depardieu, Jacques Frantz, Sylvie Testud, Gregory Terlecki, Richard Ulfsäter, Manuela Biedermann, Marc Brunet, Julien Boisselier, Noémie Kocher

Overview:

Writer Léo Shepherd lives in rural France together with his daughter Virginia, who manages his affairs. One day Virginia gets a call from the Swedish Academy. Léo has won the Nobel Prize for Literature. His estranged son Paul tries desperately to contact him, but is denied every time by his sister. When Léo starts traveling to the ceremony in Stockholm by motor bike, Paul decides to follow him and try to speak to him. Clearly Léo doesn't want to be followed, starts speeding and gets involved in a accident, but isn't badly hurt. The police confuse another motorist for Shepherd and announce his death. Paul, driven by his childhood experiences, decides to kidnap his father.