When Dad joined Mum

When Dad joined Mum

2026 · 18 min · Family

From his birth in the South of France up to his military service, “When Dad joined Mum” retraces the first twenty years of Eric’s life and the upbringing he received as a boy who was brought up by a single mum. Through Super 8 reels, the story of an impossible emancipation unfolds as well as the portrait of a woman being devoured by her pain.

Directed by Corentin Brunie

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Boris Lehman Voice-over

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