Life with My Father (2005)

Original title

La vie avec mon père

Directed by

Sébastien Rose

Genre

drama film, comedy film

Country

Canada

Runtime

1h 45m

Rating

7.8 of 10 from 6 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A successful novelist returns to Quebec after years abroad because he is dying. His two estranged sons must reconcile with him and with each other.

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What happens

Life with My Father (French: La Vie avec mon père) is a Canadian drama film, directed by Sébastien Rose and released in 2005. The film stars Raymond Bouchard as François Agira, a successful novelist returning home to Quebec after spending several years living in France to announce that he is terminally ill, forcing his estranged sons Paul (Paul Ahmarani) and Patrick (David La Haye) to make peace with him and each other. The cast also includes Hélène Florent, Julie du Page, Pierre-Antoine Lasnier, Nicolas Canuel, Benoît McGinnis and Christine Beaulieu. The film premiered theatrically in March 2005. The film won the Audience Award at the Karlovy Vary International Film Festival. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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