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Paternal leave
"an Italian father receives his German daughter whom he has never met. A reversal of the coming-of-age story" - LA RIVISTA DEL CINEMATOGRAFO
PLOT: Alone, angry, and searching for answers, a German girl decides to embark on a journey to the Romagna Riviera to meet her biological father, whom she has never known. Their first encounter is a whirlwind of emotions, filled with unresolved questions, a longing for belonging, and tensions accumulated over time.
CAST: Juli Grabenhenrich, Luca Marinelli, Arturo Gabbriellini, Gaia Rinaldi, Joy Falletti Cardillo
YEAR: 2025
LENGTH: 90 min.
GENRE: Drama
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RATING: USA: no rating
TIMES: Boston: April 16, 7:00 p.m.
  Detroit: April 18, 5:00 p.m.
 
  Please note, while the trailer may not include subtitles, the film will be screened with English subtitles.
DIRECTOR'S NOTES:    
Alissa Jung was born in Münster, in Renania Settentrionale-Vestfalia in 1981. In 2016 she graduated with a degree in medicine. She has been married since 2018 to actor Luca Marinelli, whom she met on the miniseries Maria di Nazaret. After directing several shorts, in 2025 she made her directorial debut with Paternal Leave, presented at the Berlin International Film Fetival.

Regarding her film, Jung said: "I'm very happy because the audience who saw the film loved it, regardless of generation. Paternal Leave somehow speaks to so many: even if most of us haven't experienced such an extreme story, there are moments we recognize ourselves in, perhaps the pain a parent has caused us, or not being present. An emotion was felt by the viewers: everyone took something away, and for me it's beautiful because my greatest goal was to portray an emotion and not to make an exercise in cinematic style."		 Alissa Jung
DISTRIBUTOR: The Match Factory, Domstr. 60, Koln, Germany