Le roman de Jim
Francia, 2024.
Directed by: Arnaud Larrieu, Jean Marie Larrieu.
Arnaud and Jean-Marie Larrieu (France, 1966/1965) began their career in the 1980s with numerous shorts. Their feature filmography includes "To Paint or Make Love" (2005), which competed for the Palme d'Or at Cannes, "The Last Days of the World" (2009), "Love Is the Perfect Crime" (2013), and "21 Nights with Pattie" (2015).
Cast: Bertrand Belin, Laetitia Dosch, Karim Leklou.
Running time: 102 min.
Synopsis
Aymeric’s life changes when he helps an old colleague, Florence, during her pregnancy and raises her son Jim as his own. The return of the biological father triggers an odyssey into fatherhood. The script utilizes intelligent temporal ellipses and subtle photography to create a moving, tender story. Leklou delivers an excellent performance as a man who is, in the truest sense, "good."
Aymeric’s life changes when he helps an old colleague, Florence, during her pregnancy and raises her son Jim as his own. The return of the biological father triggers an odyssey into fatherhood...