1990 · drama · family · father-daughter
Daddy Nostalgie
Directed by Bertrand Tavernier1h 45m1990
A half English, half French screenwriter visits her parents on the Riviera after her father's heart surgery. Once there, she begins to connect with him in a way she never did before, as each member of the family tries to cope with his imminent death.
Our read: Daddy Nostalgie (1990) reads as a sombre, measured, grounded drama · family · father-daughter entry — measured in intensity, intimate in scope, tender in temperature, ambivalent in outlook.
Sombre, measured, measured drama / family, grounded in texture. Ambivalent, intimate, tender.
- sombre
- measured
- intimate
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