Main Cast: Anouk Grinberg, Axel Lingee, Alberto Gimignani
Release Year: 1995
Country: FR
Run Time: 90 minutes
Plot
A 10-year-old boy's fantasies about his absent father provide the basis for this thoughtful French drama that uses comedy, drama, and tenderness to present a realistic, not overly sentimental portrait of a dysfunctional family. Martin lives in Lyon with his mother Nina. Martin is an energetic, troubled lad frequently involved in fights at school and constantly trying to run off to North Africa where he believes his father lives as a tribal warrior. He honestly believes his papa will return to them so when the beautiful Nina gets involved with other men, he refuses to accept his rather flighty mother's new lovers. The most recent is Pippo, an aimless Italian fellow. When not daydreaming about his dad, and the fabulous life that awaits him in the desert, Martin plays with his one friend, Karim, an Arab boy. ~ Sandra Brennan, All Movie Guide
Cast
Anouk Grinberg - Nina
Axel Lingee - Martin
Alberto Gimignani - Pippo
Sotigui Kouyaté; Maaike Jansen
Credit
Christine Gozlan - Associate Producer, Mimi Lempicka - Costume Designer, Antoine Beau - First Assistant Director, Claude Mourieras - Director, Monique Dartonne - Editor, Keivan Jahanshahi - Composer (Music Score), Yves Cassagne - Production Designer, Walther van den Ende - Cinematographer, Alain Sarde - Producer, Jean-Pierre Duret - Sound/Sound Designer, Claude Mourieras - Screenwriter
