Paternal Leave

Paternal Leave

113 mins | Drama | Feb. 15, 2025

Alone and angry, a teenager travels to the coast of northern Italy to meet her biological father. On the beaches of Emilia-Romagna’s Riviera, deserted in winter, the girl meets him for the first time. Their encounter is fraught with questions, longing and conflict, as they struggle for acceptance, love, and honesty. It’s a difficult and complicated reckoning between the choices of the past and its repercussions on the present.

Paternal Leave

113 mins | Drama | Feb. 15, 2025

Paternal Leave
Alone and angry, a teenager travels to the coast of northern Italy to meet her biological father. On the beaches of Emilia-Romagna’s Riviera, deserted in winter, the girl meets him for the first time. Their encounter is fraught with questions, longing and conflict, as they struggle for acceptance, love, and honesty. It’s a difficult and complicated reckoning between the choices of the past and its repercussions on the present.
IMDb rating 6.8
Producers Mitteldeutsche Medienförderung, The Match Factory, Sky, Wildside, FremantleMedia Italia, Kuratorium Junger Deutscher Film, FFAT, Vision Distribution, Emilia-Romagna Film Commission, Rai Cinema, DFFF, Beauftragte der Bundesregierung für Kultur und Medien (BKM)
Original title Paternal Leave
Directors Alissa Jung
Writers Alissa Jung

Cast

Luca Marinelli

as Paolo

Arturo Gabbriellini

as Edoardo

Gaia Rinaldi

as Valeria