Papa Lumière

Jacques and Safi landed in Abidjan, where they were repatriated urgently. Charles de Gaulle Airport, April 2011. Jacques and Safi have just been urgently repatriated from Abidjan. Jacques has a thick skin, tanned by the African sun and his life as an expatriate hotelier. Safi, his mixed-race, 14-year-old daughter, has grown used to living with her mother and doesn't know what to think of this bigmouth, sketchy father who suddenly took her with him. Placed in a reception centre in Nice, the will learm to watch, know, and maybe love each other. But then there is Gloria, Safi's mother, left in the turbulence of Abidjan, and unreachable…

Keywords

  • Hommage à Niels Arestrup
  • Childhood
  • parenthood

Actors

  • Marc Prin
  • Julia Coma
  • Venantino Venantini
  • Natacha Lindinger
  • Niels Arestrup
  • Christian Baltauss
  • Bruno Todeschini
  • Sandie Dussault

Director

  • Ada Loueilh

Drama

1h 21min

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FR

France
2013
Jacques and Safi landed in Abidjan, where they were repatriated urgently.

Jacques and Safi landed in Abidjan, where they were repatriated urgently.


Charles de Gaulle Airport, April 2011. Jacques and Safi have just been urgently repatriated from Abidjan. Jacques has a thick skin, tanned by the African sun and his life as an expatriate hotelier. Safi, his mixed-race, 14-year-old daughter, has grown used to living with her mother and doesn't know what to think of this bigmouth, sketchy father who suddenly took her with him. Placed in a reception centre in Nice, the will learm to watch, know, and maybe love each other. But then there is Gloria, Safi's mother, left in the turbulence of Abidjan, and unreachable…

Cast & Crew