“Fuck you, I’m done with you”, sings (screams) Vincent with his metalcore band, Seven Day Diary. The angry lyrics seem primarily aimed at his father, Hervé, with whom he has a tense love-hate relationship. Vincent (24) is discontented with his aimless life and angry at his father, who has found a new lover not long after the death of Vincent’s mother. At the same time, Vincent yearns for his father’s praise; not for nothing does he have pictures of both his parents tattooed on his neck. The father-and-son conflict escalates into a battle for a woman, Hervé’s younger girlfriend, Julia.
In this self-assured feature debut, Morgan Simon combines music with a difficult father-and-son relationship, subjects he also tackled in his earlier short films. With frequent use of close-ups, he stays close to his characters, and especially to the restless, rebellious and insecure Vincent as he wrestles with himself.
Film details
- Country of production
- France
- Year
- 2016
- Festival edition
- IFFR 2017
- Length
- 80'
- Medium/Format
- DCP
