Her Father’s Daughter: A gem of humor and melancholy (review)

ByLeila December 18, 2023

A tightrope nursery rhyme about the father-daughter relationship. As in Perdrix, Erwan Le Duc sublimates reality by relying on a major duo: Céleste Brunnquell and Nahuel Perez Biscayart

Eight minutes. This is the time it takes Erwan Le Duc to lay the foundations of his story, in an opening scene whose frenzy instantly seizes the viewer. A succession of shots without dialogue, to fabulous music by Julie Roué: Etienne is twenty years old, loves football, falls in love with Valérie, their daughter Rosa is born, Valérie disappears, Etienne becomes a single father. Ellipse. Rosa is 17 years old and must leave the nest to begin art studies. But who are they without each other, they who have always built themselves together? The director of Partridge then takes us into a wild dance, a tango where the big sparkling eyes of Nahuel Perez Biscayart and the sweet nonchalance of Céleste Brunnquell swirl. Crazy, almost surreal scenes follow, where father and daughter try to find meaning in this new beginning, halfway between modesty and unconditional love. With colorful secondary characters as their only guides, they will learn to cut the cord while healing the wounds of the past. The result is a film which reinvents itself as its protagonists evolve, which breaks its rhythm to better rebuild it. Sometimes similar to a painting (ultra-colorful settings), sometimes to a play (excessively dramatized dialogues), Her Father’s Daughter combines bold staging and meticulous writing, with always exalted poetry. A real tangy candy that gives back a taste for life.

Of Erwan Le Duc. With Nahuel Perez Biscayart, Céleste Brunnquell, Maud Wyler… Duration 1h31. Released December 20, 2023

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