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{{Infobox film |
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| name = Pater |
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| image = Pater.jpg |
| image = Pater (film poster).jpg |
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| caption = Film poster |
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| director = [[Alain Cavalier]] |
| director = [[Alain Cavalier]] |
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| producer = [[Michel Seydoux]] |
| producer = [[Michel Seydoux]] |
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| starring = Alain Cavalier<br>[[Vincent Lindon]] |
| starring = Alain Cavalier <br />[[Vincent Lindon]] |
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| country = France |
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| language = French |
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'''''Pater''''' is a 2011 French [[drama film]] directed by [[Alain Cavalier]].<ref>{{cite book |title=International Film Guide 2012 |first=Ian Hayden |last=Smith |year= 2012 |isbn= 978-1908215017 |page= 117 |
'''''Pater''''' is a 2011 French [[drama film]] directed by [[Alain Cavalier]].<ref>{{cite book |title=International Film Guide 2012 |first=Ian Hayden |last=Smith |year= 2012 |isbn= 978-1908215017 |page= 117}}</ref> It premiered In Competition on 17 May at the [[2011 Cannes Film Festival]].<ref name="Cannes">{{cite web|url=http://www.festival-cannes.com/en/article/58041.html |title=Festival de Cannes: Official Selection |access-date=15 April 2011 |work=Cannes |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110515065818/http://www.festival-cannes.com/en/article/58041.html |archive-date=15 May 2011 }}</ref><ref name="guardian.co.uk">{{cite news |url=https://www.theguardian.com/film/2011/apr/14/cannes-film-festival-2011-full-lineup |title=Cannes film festival 2011: The full lineup |access-date=15 April 2011|work=guardian.co.uk |location=London |date=14 April 2011}}</ref> |
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==Plot== |
==Plot== |
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Cavalier and Lindon play versions of themselves, starting work on a film in which they will play the [[President of France|president of the republic]] and a politician who will be [[Prime Minister of France|prime minister]], respectively. |
Cavalier and Lindon play versions of themselves, starting work on a film in which they will play the [[President of France|president of the republic]] and a politician who will be [[Prime Minister of France|prime minister]], respectively. |
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Though improvised conversations, they sketch out both their fictional and actual relationships.<ref |
Though improvised conversations, they sketch out both their fictional and actual relationships.<ref name="Bradshaw" /> |
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Cavalier's President character calls on Lindon's Prime Minister character to pass a law on the maximum salary at the national level. The project met with strong opposition and the two men can not muster a majority of MPs behind the project. Having the feeling of not being sufficiently supported by the President, Lindon decides to run for president himself. |
Cavalier's President character calls on Lindon's Prime Minister character to pass a law on the maximum salary at the national level. The project met with strong opposition and the two men can not muster a majority of MPs behind the project. Having the feeling of not being sufficiently supported by the President, Lindon decides to run for president himself. |
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==Cast== |
==Cast== |
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*[[Vincent Lindon]] as Vincent Lindon |
* [[Vincent Lindon]] as Vincent Lindon |
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*[[Alain Cavalier]] as Alain Cavalier |
* [[Alain Cavalier]] as Alain Cavalier |
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* Bernard Bureau as Bernard Bureau |
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==Production== |
==Production== |
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''Pater'' was shot with a handheld [[digital camera]] |
''Pater'' was shot with a handheld [[digital camera]] |
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Cavalier said "The year of working together changed us[...] |
Cavalier said "The year of working together changed us [...] I wasn’t in charge the way a director is in charge. And we discovered things gradually. I used to plan the last shot from the start, and thought about that from the beginning. I had studied [[Greek tragedy]], I was influenced by films like [[Jean Renoir|Renoir]]'s ''[[Partie de campagne]]'' and [[John Huston]]'s ''[[Asphalt Jungle]]''. Now I want to forget all that."<ref name="NYT">{{cite news |title=Alain Cavalier's 'Pater': Private Musings of a Public Sort |author=Joan Dupont |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2011/05/19/arts/19iht-cannes19.html?_r=1 |newspaper=[[New York Times]] |date=18 May 2011 |accessdate=9 May 2012}}</ref> |
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The film was made with a skeleton [[screenplay|script]] and cast. "I didn’t write one line of dialogue, just a sketch, nine pages, about how I met Vincent, and how we decided to work together, how I would film." Cavalier said the film is "about the intimacy of power and how it is like the intimacy of making a movie together, without a cast, without a classical team."<ref name="NYT" /> |
The film was made with a skeleton [[screenplay|script]] and cast. "I didn’t write one line of dialogue, just a sketch, nine pages, about how I met Vincent, and how we decided to work together, how I would film." Cavalier said the film is "about the intimacy of power and how it is like the intimacy of making a movie together, without a cast, without a classical team."<ref name="NYT" /> |
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===Critical response=== |
===Critical response=== |
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On [[Rotten Tomatoes]], the film has 3 reviews, 1 positive and 2 negative.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/pater/ |title=Pater |website= [[Rotten Tomatoes]] |access-date=8 August 2020 }}</ref> |
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''[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]'' described it as the "epitome of an in-joke, best appreciated by director Alain Cavalier and his slender cast, ''Pater'' is a confounding slog for most anyone else. Curiously tapped for a Cannes competition slot, this sloppily improvised film about filmmaking doesn't bother to make clear whether and how it's a mock-docu account of the shooting of a French prime minister [[biopic]], as Cavalier cavalierly squanders the chance to represent his meta-narrative in stylistically coherent terms."<ref>{{cite news |title=''Pater'' (France) |author=Rob Nelson |url= |
''[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]'' described it as the "epitome of an in-joke, best appreciated by director Alain Cavalier and his slender cast, ''Pater'' is a confounding slog for most anyone else. Curiously tapped for a Cannes competition slot, this sloppily improvised film about filmmaking doesn't bother to make clear whether and how it's a mock-docu account of the shooting of a French prime minister [[biopic]], as Cavalier cavalierly squanders the chance to represent his meta-narrative in stylistically coherent terms."<ref>{{cite news |title=''Pater'' (France) |author=Rob Nelson |url=https://www.variety.com/review/VE1117945259/ |newspaper=Variety |date=18 May 2011 |accessdate=9 May 2012}}</ref> |
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Peter Bradshaw of [[The Guardian]] wrote: "It is a very verbose film - yet with interesting things to say."<ref name="Bradshaw">{{cite web |date=18 May 2011 |last=Bradshaw |first=Peter |author-link=Peter Bradshaw |title=Cannes 2011: Pater/Hanezu – review |url=https://www.theguardian.com/film/2011/may/18/cannes-pater-hanezu-review |website=The Guardian }}</ref> |
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| ⚫ | [[The A.V. Club]] gave it a grade of "D+", saying: "I didn’t get it, and neither did any other American I spoke to, but the French were applauding madly throughout, apparently in response to policy statements. Director and star have an easy rapport, but that’s all I got out of it, I’m afraid."<ref>{{cite news |title=Cannes '11, day seven: Two days after The Tree Of Life screening, Lars Von Trier issues a rebuttal |author=Mike D'Angelo |url= |
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| ⚫ | [[The A.V. Club]] gave it a grade of "D+", saying: "I didn’t get it, and neither did any other American I spoke to, but the French were applauding madly throughout, apparently in response to policy statements. Director and star have an easy rapport, but that’s all I got out of it, I’m afraid."<ref>{{cite news |title=Cannes '11, day seven: Two days after The Tree Of Life screening, Lars Von Trier issues a rebuttal |author=Mike D'Angelo |url=https://www.avclub.com/cannes-11-day-seven-two-days-after-the-tree-of-life-s-1798225635 |newspaper=A.V. Club |date=18 May 2011 |access-date=9 May 2012}}</ref> |
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==References== |
==References== |
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==External links== |
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* {{IMDb title|1906446|Pater}} |
* {{IMDb title|1906446|Pater}} |
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{{Alain Cavalier}} |
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Latest revision as of 21:34, 13 November 2024
| Pater | |
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.jpg) Film poster | |
| Directed by | Alain Cavalier |
| Produced by | Michel Seydoux |
| Starring | Alain Cavalier Vincent Lindon |
Release date |
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Running time | 105 minutes |
| Country | France |
| Language | French |
Pater is a 2011 French drama film directed by Alain Cavalier.[1] It premiered In Competition on 17 May at the 2011 Cannes Film Festival.[2][3]
Plot
[edit]Cavalier and Lindon play versions of themselves, starting work on a film in which they will play the president of the republic and a politician who will be prime minister, respectively.
Though improvised conversations, they sketch out both their fictional and actual relationships.[4]
Cavalier's President character calls on Lindon's Prime Minister character to pass a law on the maximum salary at the national level. The project met with strong opposition and the two men can not muster a majority of MPs behind the project. Having the feeling of not being sufficiently supported by the President, Lindon decides to run for president himself.
Cast
[edit]- Vincent Lindon as Vincent Lindon
- Alain Cavalier as Alain Cavalier
- Bernard Bureau as Bernard Bureau
Production
[edit]Pater was shot with a handheld digital camera
Cavalier said "The year of working together changed us [...] I wasn’t in charge the way a director is in charge. And we discovered things gradually. I used to plan the last shot from the start, and thought about that from the beginning. I had studied Greek tragedy, I was influenced by films like Renoir's Partie de campagne and John Huston's Asphalt Jungle. Now I want to forget all that."[5]
The film was made with a skeleton script and cast. "I didn’t write one line of dialogue, just a sketch, nine pages, about how I met Vincent, and how we decided to work together, how I would film." Cavalier said the film is "about the intimacy of power and how it is like the intimacy of making a movie together, without a cast, without a classical team."[5]
Themes
[edit]The New York Times described the film as "an improvised adventure, a game of Let’s Pretend with a political twist, with scenes of the two picnicking in the forest on a gourmet feast, plucking the proper ties and suits from vast closets, and talking of cabbages and kings, as it were — and of how they feel about women."[5]
Reception
[edit]Critical response
[edit]On Rotten Tomatoes, the film has 3 reviews, 1 positive and 2 negative.[6]
Variety described it as the "epitome of an in-joke, best appreciated by director Alain Cavalier and his slender cast, Pater is a confounding slog for most anyone else. Curiously tapped for a Cannes competition slot, this sloppily improvised film about filmmaking doesn't bother to make clear whether and how it's a mock-docu account of the shooting of a French prime minister biopic, as Cavalier cavalierly squanders the chance to represent his meta-narrative in stylistically coherent terms."[7]
Peter Bradshaw of The Guardian wrote: "It is a very verbose film - yet with interesting things to say."[4]
The A.V. Club gave it a grade of "D+", saying: "I didn’t get it, and neither did any other American I spoke to, but the French were applauding madly throughout, apparently in response to policy statements. Director and star have an easy rapport, but that’s all I got out of it, I’m afraid."[8]
References
[edit]- ^ Smith, Ian Hayden (2012). International Film Guide 2012. p. 117. ISBN 978-1908215017.
- ^ "Festival de Cannes: Official Selection". Cannes. Archived from the original on 15 May 2011. Retrieved 15 April 2011.
- ^ "Cannes film festival 2011: The full lineup". guardian.co.uk. London. 14 April 2011. Retrieved 15 April 2011.
- ^ a b Bradshaw, Peter (18 May 2011). "Cannes 2011: Pater/Hanezu – review". The Guardian.
- ^ a b c Joan Dupont (18 May 2011). "Alain Cavalier's 'Pater': Private Musings of a Public Sort". New York Times. Retrieved 9 May 2012.
- ^ "Pater". Rotten Tomatoes. Retrieved 8 August 2020.
- ^ Rob Nelson (18 May 2011). "Pater (France)". Variety. Retrieved 9 May 2012.
- ^ Mike D'Angelo (18 May 2011). "Cannes '11, day seven: Two days after The Tree Of Life screening, Lars Von Trier issues a rebuttal". A.V. Club. Retrieved 9 May 2012.