Fortunately, we have it on France 2: How much is this moving TV movie with Fred Testo playing the opposite role?

What is it about?

Vincent is 13, the age when we enter adolescence; He has boundless admiration for his father; The latter, unemployed, is mainly engaged in football and claims that he will soon become a professional coach; On the other hand, he cares less about his wife and even less about his children.

Only Vincent, who shares his passion for football, has a relationship he believes is privileged with his father, something he is very proud of. Vincent’s mother, she bears all the burdens and responsibilities until the day she finally fails to commit suicide and ends up in the hospital due to depression…

Siblings Vincent, Clement (age 10) and Clara (age 7) then turn to their father, but the latter is clearly unwilling to assume the role of father. Separated from his mother, abandoned by his failed father, Vincent will have to take care of Clement and Clara; And gradually he learns that this father, who saw him as a hero, is actually just a braggart, a liar, irresponsible and selfish.

Luckily, we’re here this Wednesday, May 3, from 9:10 p.m. on France 2.

Is it worth checking out?

Child abuse is a very common theme in fiction. Children being beaten, abused or abandoned is the kind of violence that audiences are used to seeing on the small and big screens.

But luckily, we have Anne Jaffer, the screenwriter and director who notably worked on Fais pas ci, faire pas ça, offering a painful social fiction about the common child abuse that failed parents inflict on their offspring in ways they weren’t always. knows about it.

Fortunately, 13-year-old Vincent finds his younger brother and his younger sister after their mother’s suicide attempt. Their father Frank (Fred Testot) does not seem ready to take care of his children and prefers to live away from this fatherly responsibility.

Little by little, Vincent discovers that his father, whom he greatly admires, is not the man he imagined. A young teenager neglected by everyone will take responsibility for his siblings and will try to hide this delicate situation from his relatives and teachers. A difficult situation with consequences for the boy…

Far from the usual violence of this kind of fiction, Ann Giaffer here focuses on the issue of insidious violence, difficult to detect, which disrupts the mental, emotional and psychological development of children.

A strong theme that does not leave the audience unchanged, especially thanks to the accurate interpretation of its distribution. Fred Testot, who has made us accustomed to the roles of troublemakers, slips into the shoes of his absent father and offers a sophisticated multi-dimensional performance.

For this occasion, he answers to Oscar Paulo (parents of the students), who reveals the full extent of his young talent. The chemistry he shares with Elliott Furyk and Nina de Tonquedec, his on-screen brother and sister, is undeniable, giving the siblings a more moving and authentic depth.