IFC Assures Mia Hansen-Love’s ‘Father of My Children’ isn’t a Widow

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Grabbed right before it gets other distributors thinking twice about possibly picking up the film (the pic is being shown at TIFF), Father of My Children played extremely well at Cannes and will undoubtedly get North American audiences teary-eyed. The beautifully rendered family portrait in the midst of a crisis was a surprise favorite of mine at Cannes, and for some reason I didn’t think it would get picked up. But au contraire, Mia Hansen-Love‘s sophomore feature got picked up by IFC Films for an eventual 2010 release (simultaneously in theaters and on VOD.)

From spring to winter, Le père de mes enfants recounts the last weeks in the life of Grégoire Canvel prior to his suicide, and the first months without him for his wife Sylvia and their three daughters, Clémence, June and Valentine.

The pic won the special jury prize in the Un Certain Regard section at Cannes.


Eric Lavallée
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Eric Lavallée is the founder, CEO, editor-in-chief, film journalist, and critic at IONCINEMA.com, established in 2000. A regular at Sundance, Cannes, and Venice, Eric holds a BFA in film studies from the Mel Hoppenheim School of Cinema. In 2013, he served on the narrative competition jury at the SXSW Film Festival. He was an associate producer on Mark Jackson’s "This Teacher" (2018 LA Film Festival, 2018 BFI London). He is a Golden Globes Voter, member of the ICS (International Cinephile Society) and AQCC (Association québécoise des critiques de cinéma).

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