Into Dad's Woods

Jimmy is an unpredictable, quirky man whose constant extravagances his daughter Gina is only too happy to forgive. Until the day the situation changes abruptly: Jimmy's mental state tips over and the fragile balance of the family is shaken. Gina, spurred on by her age of rebellion, joins forces with the boy next door to save her father. Véro Cratzborn's subtle feature film debut follows the traces of a teenager who is reluctant to grow up while having to deal with her father's madness.

Keywords

  • Arthouse
  • Creatives: Debut Films
  • Forests/Deserts
  • Joséphine Demerliac
  • Love
  • Screen: Benelux
  • Screen: Switzerland
  • Sooner Exclusives
  • Sooner Exclusives: Stories that Matter
  • Storyline: Coming of Age
  • Young Talent
  • Coming of Age
  • family
  • Mental Health
  • youth

Actors

  • Léonie Souchaud
  • Ludivine Sagnier
  • Alban Lenoir
  • Carl Malapa
  • Yoann Blanc
  • Mathis Bour
  • Saskia de Melo Dillais

Director

  • Vero Cratzborn

Drama


1h 31min


12

FR


DE

Belgium
France
Switzerland
2020
Fifteen-year-old Gina grew up in a loving family on the edge of a forest. She admires and loves her father Jimmy, an unpredictable and whimsical man.

Fifteen-year-old Gina grew up in a loving family on the edge of a forest. She admires and loves her father Jimmy, an unpredictable and whimsical man.


Jimmy is an unpredictable, quirky man whose constant extravagances his daughter Gina is only too happy to forgive. Until the day the situation changes abruptly: Jimmy's mental state tips over and the fragile balance of the family is shaken. Gina, spurred on by her age of rebellion, joins forces with the boy next door to save her father.


Véro Cratzborn's subtle feature film debut follows the traces of a teenager who is reluctant to grow up while having to deal with her father's madness.

Cast & Crew