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Jo's Boy

2010 · 95 min

A gentle, good-natured culture-clash comedy about a stubborn father and a bookish son, easy to watch and quietly heartwarming.

Directed by
Philippe Guillard
Genres
Comedy, Drama
Starring
Gérard Lanvin, Olivier Marchal, Vincent Moscato
Overview
Grandson of a legendary rugby player, son of a legendary rugby player, and he himself a legendary rugby player, Jo Canavero raises his only son, Tom, in a small village in the Tarn region. To the great displeasure of Jo, thirteen-year-old Tom is as good at math as he is useless on the rugby field. For a Canavero, the legend can't stop there, even if it means setting up a rugby team specifically for Tom, despite the wishes of the whole village and of Tom himself.

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Directed by
Philippe Guillard
Genres
Comedy, Drama
Starring
Gérard Lanvin, Olivier Marchal, Vincent Moscato
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Tone
  • warmstrength 2 of 3
  • earneststrength 2 of 3
  • lightstrength 1 of 3
  • satiricalstrength 1 of 3
Pacing
measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
easy-watch, 2 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • family
  • parenthood
  • identity
  • coming-of-age
  • sport
Places
  • small town
  • countryside
Era
contemporary
Audience
family
Form
None
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language mild
  • Violence mild
  • Sex none
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Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action2
Horror0
Humour6
Realism7
Romance1
Tension3
Darkness2
Complexity3
Emotional weight5

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Genres
comedy, drama
Directed by
Philippe Guillard
Written by
Philippe Guillard
Starring
Gérard Lanvin, Olivier Marchal, Vincent Moscato, Jérémie Duvall, Karina Lombard, Abbes Zahmani, Pierre Laplace, Lionnel Astier
Music
Alexis Rault
Cinematography
Ludovic Colbeau-Justin
Runtime
95 min
Country
France
Languages
French

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