Paternal leave (Film) (first feature)

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original title:

Paternal leave

directed by:

Alissa Jung

cast:

Juli Grabenhenrich, Luca Marinelli, Arturo Gabbriellini, Gaia Rinaldi, Joy Falletti Cardillo

screenplay:

Alissa Jung

cinematography:

Carolina Steinbrecher

editing:

Vincent Assmann

set design:

Cristina Bartoletti

costume design:

Daniela Tartari

music:

Dascha Dauenhauer

producer:

Cécile Tollu-Polonowski, Michael Weber, Viola Fügen

production:

Match Factory Productions, Wildside, Vision Distribution, Rai Cinema, with the support of DFFF, FFA, BKM, MDM, Kuratorium Junger Deutscher Film, with the support of Emilia-Romagna Film Commission

distribution:

Vision Distribution [Italy]

world sales:

The Match Factory [Germany]

country:

Germany/Italy

year:

2025

format:

colour

status:

Ready (16/01/2025)

festivals & awards:

Berlinale 2025: Generation - AG Kino – Gilde Prize
Festa do Cinema Italiano 2025: Competitiva
Istanbul Film Festival 2025: Young Masters
Open Roads: New Italian Cinema 2025

On the beaches of Emilia-Romagna’s Riviera, deserted in winter, a young German girl meets her Italian father for the first time. It’s a difficult and complicated reckoning between the choices of the past and its repercussions on the present.

Paternal leave (Film) (first feature)

by Alissa Jung