La Forêt de mon père

La Forêt de mon père

2020•1h 30m•5.9/10

Drama

Ratings

🎬TMDb

5.9/10(18)

Gina, 15, lives in a city on the edge of the forest. She admires her father, unpredictable and whimsical, able to take his children at night in the woods, even to forget them. Jimmy's more and more frequent skids end up alarming his wife Carole. Soon, the fragile family balance is broken when Jimmy is interned in a psychiatric hospital. When Gina meets Nico, a boy from her neighborhood, she awakens to love and sees a chance to escape her father.

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Production

Iota Production

Language

FR

Status

Released

Release Date

Cast

Léonie Souchaud

Léonie Souchaud

Gina Kremer

Ludivine Sagnier

Ludivine Sagnier

Carole Kremer

Alban Lenoir

Alban Lenoir

Jimmy Kremer

Mathis Bour

Tony Kremer

Saskia de Melo Dillais

Saskia de Melo Dillais

Nora Kremer

Carl Malapa

Carl Malapa

Nico

Yoann Blanc

Yoann Blanc

Dr Le Floch

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