Il padre dei miei figli

The French film about a man in crisis is an extraordinarily humanistic drama, thanks to writer-director Mia Hansen-Love.

"The Father of My Children" showcases a vividly authentic look at the way movies are made, but you would never call it a film about filmmaking. And while its plot pivots around a melodramatic event, it is anything but a melodrama. Instead, what French writer-director Mia Hansen-Love has created is an extraordinarily empathetic humanistic drama, a film of love, joy, sadness and hope that understands how complex our emotions are and does beautiful justice to them. The father of the title is producer Grégoire Canvel (Louis-Do de Lencquesaing), the head of Moon Films, a prominent Paris-based production company that's been in business for years. [...]

di Kenneth Turan, articolo completo (3444 caratteri spazi inclusi) su The Los Angeles Times 21 maggio 2010