Papa Was Not a Rolling Stone

Papa Was Not a Rolling Stone

99 mins | Drama, Comedy | Oct. 8, 2014

The 1980s. Stéphanie grows up in La Courneuve, on the outskirts of Paris, in a home where her mother is rarely there and her step-father is brutal. She quickly decides to escape her morose everyday life. Thanks to her grandmother's love, reading, her passion for dance, and for French pop-star Jean-Jacques Goldman, Stéphanie copes in this colorful neighborhood where friendship is primordial. One day, she knows that she'll leave this place to lead the life she's always dreamed of.

Papa Was Not a Rolling Stone

99 mins | Drama, Comedy | Oct. 8, 2014

Papa Was Not a Rolling Stone
The 1980s. Stéphanie grows up in La Courneuve, on the outskirts of Paris, in a home where her mother is rarely there and her step-father is brutal. She quickly decides to escape her morose everyday life. Thanks to her grandmother's love, reading, her passion for dance, and for French pop-star Jean-Jacques Goldman, Stéphanie copes in this colorful neighborhood where friendship is primordial. One day, she knows that she'll leave this place to lead the life she's always dreamed of.
IMDb rating 5.8
Producers France 2 Cinéma, The Film, Chaocorp, Pathé!, Orange Studio
Original title Papa Was Not a Rolling Stone
Directors Sylvie Ohayon
Writers Sylvie Ohayon, Sylvie Verheyde

Cast

Doria Achour

as Stephanie

Aure Atika

as Micheline

Marc Lavoine

as Christian

Soumaye Bocoum

as Fatima

Sylvie Testud

as Nadiège

Attica Guedj

as Margot

Pascale Arbillot

as La conseillère d'orientation

Azedine Kasri

as Lahlou

Pablo Pauly

as Robert

Sami Zitouni

as Couscous (Mohamed)

Jeanne Ruff

as Sophie

Grégoire Bonnet

as Monsieur Fourrat

David Saracino

as Tonton Francis

Jeannick Gravelines

as Tonton Dove

Lou Magliano

as Stéphanie (petite)

Gaëlle Lalanne

as Nadera

Jocelyn Laurent

as Kamel

Claudine Baschet

as La mère de Christian

Gilbert Levy

as Moïse

Bouraouïa Marzouk

as La mère de Fatima

Samir El Iraki

as Abdelatif

Mourad Frarema

as Le passager

Adèle Badji

as Mme Doucouré (as Adèle Badjl)