{"id":1168,"date":"2018-02-06T22:58:11","date_gmt":"2018-02-06T22:58:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/dev.theamericanfrenchfilmfestival.org\/?page_id=1168"},"modified":"2021-03-08T19:41:04","modified_gmt":"2021-03-08T19:41:04","slug":"a-kid","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/theamericanfrenchfilmfestival.org\/2022-winners\/awards-2\/a-kid\/","title":{"rendered":"A KID"},"content":{"rendered":"
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A KID<\/strong>\/ Le fils de Jean<\/em><\/h2>\n[\/vc_column_text][mk_padding_divider size=”20″][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width=”1\/2″][vc_column_text css=”.vc_custom_1517957767875{margin-bottom: 0px !important;}”]Los Angeles Premiere \u2022 Drama \u2022 France, 2016<\/strong><\/p>\n

DCP \u2022 2.35 \u2022 Dolby 5.1 \u2022 Color \u2022 98 min<\/p>\n

Directed by<\/strong>: Philippe Lioret
\nWritten by<\/strong>: Philippe Lioret, Natalie Carter
\nBased on the books by<\/strong>: Jean-Paul Dubois
\nCinematography<\/strong>: Philippe Guilbert
\nFilm Editing<\/strong>: Andr\u00e9a Sedlackova
\nOriginal Score<\/strong>: Flemming Nordkrog
\nProduced by<\/strong>: Philippe Lioret (Fin Ao\u00fbt Production), France 3 Cinema
\nCast<\/strong>: Pierre Deladonchamps (Mathieu), Gabriel Arcand (Pierre), Catherine de L\u00e9an (Bettina), Marie-Th\u00e9r\u00e8se Fortin (Angie)
\nInternational Sales<\/strong>: Le Pacte
\nU.S. distributor<\/strong>: Distrib Films U.S<\/p>\n

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In this layered family drama,\u00a0Stranger by the Lake<\/em>\u00a0revelation Pierre Deladonchamps delivers another sharply nuanced performance as Mathieu, a young Parisian divorc\u00e9 who receives a call out of the blue. The caller tells Mathieu that his father, Jean, whom he has never known, has died and has left a package for him. Hoping to discover his roots, Mathieu decides to attend the funeral in Quebec. Upon arrival Mathieu is surprised to learn that his father died in a boating accident and that the body has still not been recovered. Jean\u2019s best friend, a certain Dr. Pierre, convinces him to hide his true identity from Jean\u2019s two adult sons from another mother.\u00a0 Mathieu\u2019s precarious situation becomes even less manageable when, after the police call off the search, he joins his half-brothers as they continue to look for the body on their own. What they dredge up is mostly buried resentment and conflicting emotion. \u00a0A Kid<\/em>\u00a0is a poignant examination of identity and paternity from one of contemporary French cinema\u2019s most discerning eyes.<\/p>\n

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Ten years before Stephen Spielberg\u2019s\u00a0The Terminal<\/em>, writer\/director\u00a0Philippe Lioret\u00a0<\/strong>exposed the hidden airport subculture of permanently stranded travelers with no legal standing in his feature debut\u00a0Lost In Transit<\/em>\u00a0(1993), starring Jean Rochefort. Lioret, followed up with films starring favorite collaborators Jacques Gamblin and Sandrine Bonnaire, honing the lighter style he had already established. Lioret began his transition to realist drama with\u00a0The Light<\/em>\u00a0(COLCOA 2005). His breakthrough film\u00a0Welcome (COLCOA 2009 Audience Award winner)<\/em>, invited audiences to sympathize with the plight of illegal immigrants who risk everything for a better life in France. Despite the controversial subject, the film was nominated for ten C\u00e9sar Awards, including best film, best director, and best screenplay. Today, Lioret is best known for his closely observed characters and thematically complex, impressionistic storytelling.<\/p>\n[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][vc_column width=”1\/2″][mk_image src=”http:\/\/dev.theamericanfrenchfilmfestival.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/all_audiences.jpg” image_size=”full”][mk_image src=”http:\/\/dev.theamericanfrenchfilmfestival.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/akid.jpg” image_size=”full”][mk_image heading_title=”In Association with” src=”http:\/\/dev.theamericanfrenchfilmfestival.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/distrib-films.jpg” image_size=”full”][mk_image src=”http:\/\/dev.theamericanfrenchfilmfestival.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/le-pacte.jpg” image_size=”full”][mk_image src=”http:\/\/dev.theamericanfrenchfilmfestival.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/alliance-francaise-2016.jpg” image_size=”full”][\/vc_column][\/vc_row]\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

[vc_row][vc_column][mk_padding_divider size=”20″][vc_column_text css=”.vc_custom_1517960423718{margin-bottom: 0px !important;}”] A KID\/ Le fils de Jean [\/vc_column_text][mk_padding_divider size=”20″][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width=”1\/2″][vc_column_text css=”.vc_custom_1517957767875{margin-bottom: 0px !important;}”]Los Angeles Premiere \u2022 Drama \u2022 France, 2016 DCP \u2022 2.35 \u2022 Dolby 5.1 \u2022 Color \u2022 98 min Directed by: Philippe Lioret Written by: Philippe Lioret, Natalie Carter Based on the books by: Jean-Paul Dubois Cinematography: Philippe Guilbert […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"parent":628,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-1168","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/theamericanfrenchfilmfestival.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1168","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/theamericanfrenchfilmfestival.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/theamericanfrenchfilmfestival.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theamericanfrenchfilmfestival.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theamericanfrenchfilmfestival.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1168"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/theamericanfrenchfilmfestival.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1168\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1195,"href":"https:\/\/theamericanfrenchfilmfestival.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1168\/revisions\/1195"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theamericanfrenchfilmfestival.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/628"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/theamericanfrenchfilmfestival.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1168"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}