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Jim's Story

2024 · 101 min

A gentle, bittersweet French drama that quietly draws you into its emotional rhythms and leaves you reflecting on family.

Directed by
Arnaud Larrieu, Jean-Marie Larrieu
Genres
Comedy, Drama
Starring
Karim Leklou, Laetitia Dosch, Sara Giraudeau
Overview
Aymeric runs into Florence, a former coworker, one evening in Saint-Claude in the Haut-Jura. She is six months pregnant and single. When she gives birth to Jim, Aymeric is there. They spend happy years together until Christophe, Jim's biological father, shows up... It could be the start of a melodrama, it's also the start of an odyssey into fatherhood.

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Directed by
Arnaud Larrieu, Jean-Marie Larrieu
Genres
Comedy, Drama
Starring
Karim Leklou, Laetitia Dosch, Sara Giraudeau
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Tone
  • warmstrength 2 of 3
  • melancholicstrength 2 of 3
  • earneststrength 1 of 3
  • lightstrength 1 of 3
Pacing
measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • parenthood
  • family
  • identity
  • love
  • betrayal
Places
  • countryside
  • small town
Era
contemporary
Audience
adult
Form
None
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language mild
  • Violence none
  • Sex mild
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Scales, 0 to 10
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Action1
Horror0
Humour5
Realism8
Romance4
Tension4
Darkness4
Complexity6
Emotional weight7

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Details

Genres
comedy, drama
Directed by
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Written by
Arnaud Larrieu, Jean-Marie Larrieu
Starring
Karim Leklou, Laetitia Dosch, Sara Giraudeau, Bertrand Belin, Noée Abita, Andranic Manet, Eol Personne, Suzanne de Baecque
Cinematography
Irina Lubtchansky
Runtime
101 min
Country
France
Languages
French

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