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Paternal Leave

Paternal Leave

2025•1h 53m•6.0/10
Drama

Ratings

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6.0/10(46)

Torn between longing and anger, 15-year-old Leo travels to the coast of northern Italy to meet her biological father. The two are complete strangers to each other. They struggle to find truth, affinity, love and the courage to face themselves.

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Production

The Match Factory, Wildside, Fremantle Italia, Vision Distribution, RAI Cinema, Sky, Emilia-Romagna Film Commission, Film-Fernsehen-Autoren-Team GmbH, Beauftragte der Bundesregierung für Kultur und Medien (BKM), Kuratorium Junger Deutscher Film

Language

IT

Status

Released

Release Date

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Cast

Juli Grabenhenrich

Juli Grabenhenrich

Leo

Luca Marinelli

Luca Marinelli

Paolo

Arturo Gabbriellini

Edoardo

Joy Falletti Cardillo

Emilia

Gaia Rinaldi

Valeria

Stefano Pelloni

Singing Man

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