In Theaters: The Father of My Children

Opening in theaters today: The Father of my Children, directed by Mia Hansen-Love

Other Films at the Toronto International Film Festival

The Toronto International Film Festival also featured nine other movies about which I had already posted. Check them out here:

Women Without Men, directed by Shirin Neshat

White Material, directed by Claire Denis

Once Upon a Time Proletarian, directed by Xiaolu Guo

La Pivellina, directed by Tizza Covi and Rainer Frimmel

Le père de mes enfants, directed by Mia Hansen-Love

Bright Star, directed by Jane Campion

Fish Tank, directed by Andrea Arnold

Jaffa, directed by Keren Yedaya

A Brand New Life, directed by Ounie Lecomte

Le père de mes enfants

At Cannes yesterday: Le père de mes enfants, written and directed by Mia Hansen-Love

From the Cannes website:

Grégoire Canvel has everything a man could want. A wife he loves, three delightful children and a stimulating job. He's a film producer. Discovering talented filmmakers and developing films that fit his conception of the cinema—free and true to life—is precisely his reason for living. His vocation. It fulfills him and Grégoire devotes almost all his time and energy to his work. He's hyperactive, he never stops. Except on weekends, which he spends in the country with his family—gentle interludes, as precious as they are fragile. With his bearing and exceptional charisma, Grégoire commands admiration. He seems invincible. Yet his prestigious production company, Moon Films, is on its last legs. Too many productions, too many risks, too many debts. Storm clouds are gathering. But Grégoire plows on at all costs. Where will his blind obstinacy lead him? One day, he is obliged to face the facts. In one word: failure. He is overwhelmed by fatigue. Which soon, secretly, turns into despair.