La vie de famille
A divorced father's relationship with his daughter is put to test when he accepts to act on her ideas and they end up in Madrid.
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"Jacques Doillon has made his name crafting affecting and realistic dramas of which "La Vie de Famille" is a good example. Produced on a modest budget, with simple production values the film is intelligent and affecting. The film follows a complicated and modern 'family'. Emmanuel is in his late 40's and in his second marriage. He lives with his new wife Mara and her daughter Natacha. However he is still linked to his first marriage by his young daughter Elise, with whom he struggles to spend time. Hi life is marred however by conflict with his first wife and his step d..."
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In the film, young Mara Goyet, 10 years old, gives the reply to Sami Frey, 48 years old, who plays her father. This will be the first and last experience in the cinema for the actress, who keeps a chilling memory of the shooting. Having since become a teacher, in 2024 Goyet told her experience, promoting her book, 'Jeu cruel'. One scene in particular left its mark on the former actress: the one where she had to be "lying topless, in panties on a bed, next to Sami Frey". On the set, which was mostly made up of men, the young girl felt particularly uncomfortable. For the teacher, the atmosphere that reigned on the set was clearly "incestuous".
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A divorced father's relationship with his daughter is put to test when he accepts to act on her ideas and they end up in Madrid.