MY FATHER'S STORIES/LA PROFESSION DU PÈRE

MY FATHER'S STORIES/LA PROFESSION DU PÈRE

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Jean-Pierre Améris / 2020 / French with English subtitles / France / 145 mins / Toronto Premiere

In warm hues of colour, 1960s Lyon is explored by a preteen boy who idolizes his
unhinged father and his multiple professions. Emile is twelve years old. His father
is a hero. He says he is a judo champ, a parachutist, a soccer player and even a
personal advisor to General de Gaulle. Now he wants to save French Algeria!
Fascinated and proud, Emile willingly follows his father in missions of utmost
danger: tailing, spying, delivering top-secret letters. Emile carries out his orders in
all seriousness. He even recruits Luca, a new classmate, into his secret combat. But
what if the father’s exploits were all phony, and far too dangerous for children?

 

Keywords: Anger | Collonialism | Mania | Rebellion | Sons & Fathers
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