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Monsieur Papa

2011 · 90 min

A gentle, warm-hearted French comedy that mixes light laughs with a quiet ache about absent fathers and makeshift bonds.

Overview
Monsieur Papa is a moving portrait of a modern family, centering around 12 year-old Marius Vallois. Born in a wealthy family, Marius is the son of Marie Vallois, a successful CEO. Marie loves her son unconditionally, but Marius has never known his father and suffers greatly from it. When Marius starts shoplifting and doing badly at school, Marie decides to recruit a father figure for him. One day in her office building, she meets Robert Pique. Robert is a peculiar man who has a background in finance, but makes ends meet ironing clothes for his neighbors. Reluctant at first, Robert agrees to be paid to meet Marius and pretends to be his father. Marius immediately understands that Robert is not his dad, but very quickly, a deep bond develops between them.

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How it feels

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Tone
  • warmstrength 2 of 3
  • melancholicstrength 2 of 3
  • lightstrength 1 of 3
  • earneststrength 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
  • loneliness
  • healing
Places
  • big city
  • workplace
  • home
Era
contemporary
Audience
family
Form
None
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language mild
  • Violence none
  • Sex mild
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action2
Horror0
Humour6
Realism7
Romance3
Tension3
Darkness3
Complexity4
Emotional weight6

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Details

Genres
comedy
Directed by
Kad Merad
Written by
Emmanuelle Cosso-Merad
Starring
Kad Merad, Michèle Laroque, Gaspard Meier-Chaurand, Vincent Perez, Judith El Zein, Florence Maury, Emmanuel Patron, Patrick Bonnel
Music
Daran
Cinematography
Régis Blondeau
Runtime
90 min
Country
France
Languages
French

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