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Papi Sitter

2020 · 90 min

A light, easy-going French comedy of clashing grandfathers and teenage rebellion, with gentle laughs and little real conflict.

Directed by
Philippe Guillard
Genres
Comedy
Starring
Gérard Lanvin, Olivier Marchal, Camille Aguilar
Overview
Franck and Karine are offered a job on a cruise ship they can’t refuse. The only problem: their daughter Camille has to study for her finals but has other ideas of fun in mind instead… No problem! To straighten his daughter out and set her to work, Franck calls on his father André, a retired captain from the national police, hopelessly uptight and rigid. With military discipline, Camille’s finals will be a success! But this is the moment when the second grandfather Teddy, an eccentric and wild former nightclub manager and the total opposite of the strict André, chooses to return after many years abroad... Living together promises to be complicated…

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Directed by
Philippe Guillard
Genres
Comedy
Starring
Gérard Lanvin, Olivier Marchal, Camille Aguilar
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Tone
  • lightstrength 2 of 3
  • warmstrength 2 of 3
  • absurdstrength 1 of 3
Pacing
brisk, 3 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
easy-watch, 2 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • family
  • coming-of-age
  • parenthood
  • identity
  • education
Places
  • home
  • small town
Era
contemporary
Audience
teen
Form
None
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language mild
  • Violence mild
  • Sex mild
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Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action2
Horror0
Humour7
Realism7
Romance2
Tension3
Darkness2
Complexity3
Emotional weight3

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Genres
comedy
Directed by
Philippe Guillard
Written by
Philippe Guillard
Starring
Gérard Lanvin, Olivier Marchal, Camille Aguilar, Jean-François Cayrey, Anne Girouard, Philippine Leroy-Beaulieu, Laurent Olmedo, Souad Arsane
Music
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Cinematography
Denis Rouden
Runtime
90 min
Country
France
Languages
French

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