{"id":556,"date":"2025-03-21T00:01:14","date_gmt":"2025-03-21T00:01:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rollcom.fr\/skyroll\/?p=556"},"modified":"2025-03-21T00:01:14","modified_gmt":"2025-03-21T00:01:14","slug":"in-the-family-id-like-a-father","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rollcom.fr\/skyroll\/en\/2025\/03\/21\/in-the-family-id-like-a-father\/","title":{"rendered":"In the Family, I’d Like a Father"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Movies about the father-son bond have always resonated deeply with me. They usually end up among the top films in my collection. The Story of Jim<\/em> (2024) by Arnaud and Jean-Marie Larrieu is no exception and joins the ranks of the Japanese film Like Father, Like Son<\/em> (2013) by Hirokazu Kore-eda and Paris, Texas<\/em> (1984) by Wim Wenders.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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I discovered The Story of Jim<\/em> (2024) after hearing about Karim Leklou\u2019s C\u00e9sar win for Best Actor in 2025. He was up against Pierre Niney, the favorite for his mastery of dramatic roles, his expressive brilliance, and his ability to physically transform himself. This kind of performance is typically more successful in Hollywood, \u00ab\u00a0where people appreciate the visible effort of an actor to become someone else, real or fictional,\u00a0\u00bb as Henri Quantin<\/a> insightfully puts it. The critic adds that this celebration of kindness also reveals its limits\u2014when it becomes a way to avoid conflict, to never take a stand, and ultimately, to let others or circumstances make decisions in one\u2019s place.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

A rather harsh take, considering the film portrays Aymeric (played by Karim Leklou) as a man who meets Florence, a former colleague who is six months pregnant. He invests himself in their relationship and raises Jim as his own son. In fact, he chooses not to have children of his own out of respect for Jim. But when Jim\u2019s biological father reappears, Aymeric\u2019s fatherhood\u2014built on his acceptance of Florence\u2019s somewhat unconventional choices and his lack of precautions\u2014is put to the test.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Extrait le Roman de Jim (2024)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Aymeric is a kind father\u2014unlike Ryota, the ambitious and distant father in Like Father, Like Son<\/em>. In Kore-eda\u2019s film, Ryota discovers that due to a nurse\u2019s mistake, his biological son was raised in a modest but warm family, while the boy he raised for six years is not his \u00ab\u00a0blood\u00a0\u00bb son. He faces a dilemma: should he restore what he sees as the natural order, or accept that human relationships, even familial ones, are socially constructed?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Extrait 1 – Tel P\u00e8re Tel fils <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
Extrait 2 – Tel P\u00e8re Tel fils <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
Extrait 3 – Tel P\u00e8re Tel fils <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

We move in an entirely different direction with Paris, Texas<\/em>\u2014a film about a silent, lost man who reappears after years of absence. Through the vast desert landscapes of Texas and the streets of Houston, the film tells the story of his attempt to rebuild his past, reconnect with his son, and mend a broken love story. The biological father, Travis, reunites with his son despite the fact that he had been raised for years by his uncle and aunt, who were unable to have children.<\/p>\n\n\n\n