Thomas Bari

Lucie, about to graduate university, has to stay in Paris for the summer to finish her master thesis. While she hopes to combine work and rest, she’s constantly distracted by the outside world, people in vacation, but also her own despise for routine…

During a summer in a french southern village, two girls meet : Laure sells antique linen while Ophélie runs an art gallery. Although they have nothing in common, they grow closer as they talk to each other and their opposing characters become interwined.

Ivan is a freelancer on holiday in rural France. Not very inspired by the article he has to write, he hangs out by the river with Léa and her baby Jojo. It’s the start of a workation…

Despite Lise's advice, Claire decides to celebrate Christmas with Leon, a young outcast who claims to live outside the system. They agree to organize an anticapitalist Christmas Eve, prohibiting all expenses. Meanwhile, Mathias delivers presents as Santa for a well-paid temporary assignment.

Hugues and Anaé live in two neighboring buildings, each on the eighth floor without an elevator. They have set themselves a challenge: not to speak for twenty-four hours. But a major event jeopardizes their commitment.

As the title suggests, Père et fille tells the story of a father growing up alone with his daughter after the premature death of the mother. If the premise is sad, director Quentin Papapietro manages to build a comedy in which the feeling of heartwarming fatherly love is staged with intelligence, and a great sense of cinema. With humour and a hint of absurdity, Père et fille offers a new way to consider family films.