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I'm the Father (2002)
Director: Dani Levy
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From Time Out Film Guide
'Marriages are communal decisions, divorces individual ones,' so the lawyer tells successful architect Marco (Blomberg) when his wife Melanie decides to leave him, taking their son Benny with her. Who can guess to what lengths a father might not go when faced with the loss of his beloved son. This impressive tragi-comic movie, powerfully acted and handsomely photographed, tackles the pressures of marriage and the devastation of break up with notable honesty. And as for those lawyers...Author: JFu
Cast & crew
Director: Dani Levy
Producer: Manuela Stehr
Cast: Sebastian Blomberg, Maria Schrader, Ezra-Valentin Lenz, Christiane Paul, Ulrich Noethen, Rolf Zacher, Marion Kracht, Rosel Zech, Georg Tryphon, Bernd Stegemann, Lena Stolze, Christoph Bantzer full cast
Duration: 102 mins
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