Synopsis
Jim, 15, who lives in France, has asked his stepfather Abdel to adopt him. So when his father Neil turns up from Britain, Jim, who hasn't seen him in five years, is deeply upset. Neil refuses to give up his rights as Jim's dad and wants to make amends. But isn't it too late? ... What do you say to a father you barely know, who speaks a different language and whose place is in the past?
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Actors (4)
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- Executive Producer : Takami Productions
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- Executive Producers : Michel Tavares, Karine Blanc
- Screenwriters : Thady Macnamara, Marie Belhomme
- Director of Photography : Manuel Bolaños
- Music Composer : Ronan Maillard
- Assistant directors : Juliette Guibert, Charlène Brimaud
- Editor : Méloé Poillevé
- Sound recordist : Camille Taillefer
- Costume designer : Léa Yvonnet
- Sound Assistant : Baptiste Juricic
- Assistant Operators : Paul Bony, Valentin Frontin
- Production Manager : Vivien Ferrand
- Production Assistant : Émilie Maurel
- Continuity supervisor : Juliette Clénet
- Production designers : Aurore Bourget, Alice Martinez
- Grader : Gadiel Bendelac
- Make-up Artist : Fiona Rossini
- Sound Mixer : Xavier Thibault
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Technical details
- Type : Short film
- Genres : Fiction
- Sub-genre : Drama
- Themes : Family, Paternity, Identity
- Production language : French, English
- Production country : France
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