Paternal Leave

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Paternal Leave (2025)

Directed by Alissa Jung

Drama · 1h 53m

Torn between longing and anger, 15-year-old Leo travels to the coast of northern Italy to meet her biological father. The two are complete strangers to each other. They struggle to find truth, affinity, love and the courage to face themselves.

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Cast

Crew

Director
Alissa Jung
Writer
Alissa Jung
Director of Photography
Carolina Steinbrecher
Editor
Vincent Assmann
Producer
Cécile Tollu-Polonowski, Michael Weber, Viola Fügen, Sonia Rovai

Details

Release date
2025-05-15
Runtime
1h 53m
Genres
Drama
Original language
IT
Spoken languages
German, English, Italian
Countries
Italy, Germany
Production
The Match Factory, Wildside, Fremantle Italia, Vision Distribution, RAI Cinema, Sky, Emilia-Romagna Film Commission, Film-Fernsehen-Autoren-Team GmbH, Beauftragte der Bundesregierung für Kultur und Medien (BKM), Kuratorium Junger Deutscher Film