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Paternal

2024 · 93 min

A quiet, thoughtful drama about faith and unexpected fatherhood, anchored by a restrained lead performance and a gentle, melancholic tone.

Directed by
Ronan Tronchot
Genres
Drama
Starring
Grégory Gadebois, Géraldine Nakache, Lyes Salem
Overview
In a small town in central France, Simon is a priest devoted to his parish. During a mass, Louise, whom he hadn’t seen since his seminary years ago, reappears. She introduces him to Aloé, an 11-year-old child, who is his son. This news will disrupt his daily life: can he be a good priest for his parishioners and a good father for his child? Simon will try to convince the highest authorities of the Church that his vocation is compatible with paternal love.

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Directed by
Ronan Tronchot
Genres
Drama
Starring
Grégory Gadebois, Géraldine Nakache, Lyes Salem
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How it feels

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Tone
  • earneststrength 2 of 3
  • melancholicstrength 2 of 3
  • warmstrength 1 of 3
Pacing
measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • faith
  • parenthood
  • identity
  • family
  • morality
Places
  • small town
  • home
Era
contemporary
Audience
adult
Form
None
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language mild
  • Violence none
  • Sex mild
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action1
Horror0
Humour2
Realism8
Romance2
Tension4
Darkness4
Complexity5
Emotional weight7

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Details

Genres
drama
Directed by
Ronan Tronchot
Written by
Ludovic du Clary, Ronan Tronchot
Starring
Grégory Gadebois, Géraldine Nakache, Lyes Salem, Anton Alluin, Jacques Boudet, Noam Morgensztern, Françoise Lebrun, Sarah Pachoud
Cinematography
Antoine Chevrier
Runtime
93 min
Country
France
Languages
French

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