Paternal Leave (2025)
Alone and angry, a teenager travels to the coast of northern Italy to meet her biological father. On the beaches of Emilia-Romagna’s Riviera, deserted in winter, the girl meets him for the first time. Their encounter is fraught with questions, longing and conflict, as they struggle for acceptance, love, and honesty. It’s a difficult and complicated reckoning between the choices of the past and its repercussions on the present.
Cast
Crew
- Director: Alissa Jung
- Screenplay: Alissa Jung
- Producer: Michael Weber
- Production Design: Cristina Bartoletti
- Music: Dascha Dauenhauer
- Producer: Viola Fu00fcgen
- Costume Designer: Daniela Tartari
- Director of Photography: Carolina Steinbrecher
- Editor: Vincent Assmann
- Producer: Cu00e9cile Tollu-Polonowski
- Producer: Sonia Rovai
- Writer: Alissa Jung
About
Alone and angry, a teenager travels to the coast of northern Italy to meet her biological father. On the beaches of Emilia-Romagna’s Riviera, deserted in winter, the girl meets him for the first time. Their encounter is fraught with questions, longing and conflict, as they struggle for acceptance, love, and honesty. It’s a difficult and complicated reckoning between the choices of the past and its repercussions on the present.
