Paternal leave
Germany -Italy, 113', 2025
age recommendation: 12+
original language: English, German, Italian
Alone and looking for answers, a teenager travels to the North Italian coast to meet her biological father. Their first encounter is tense – fraught with questions, longing and unresolved anger. Can they work towards finding acceptance, love and honesty?
Alissa Jung
She discovered her passion for storytelling as a child, participating in radio plays and acting in theatre. At the age of 16, she was discovered while acting in a theatre play and has since built a successful acting career. In her mid-20s, she began directing short films, documentaries, and youth theatre plays. After taking time to complete her medical degree and work as a paediatrician, she returned to the film industry in 2020, earning a degree in screenwriting from the Drehbuchwerkstatt Munich. In 2022 and 2023, she directed the short films The Wall Must Fall and Farahthe latter of which won the 2024 Goldener Spatz Award, awarded by the Festival des deutschen Films für Kinder (German Children's Film Festival). Paternal leave marks her feature film directorial debut.
Cast & Crew
- direction: Alissa Jung
- screenplay: Alissa Jung
- cinematography: Carolina Steinbrecher
- editing: Heike Parplies, David Maria Vogel
- sound: Jörg Theil, Michael Kaczmarek
- cast: Juli Grabenhenrich, Luca Marinelli, Arturo Gabbriellini, Joy Falletti Cardillo, Gaia Rinaldi
- producers: Cécile Tollu-Polonowski, Michael Weber, Viola Fügen, Sonia Rovai
- production companies: The Match Factory, Wildside
Filmography
- Farah (2023)
- The Wall Must Fall (2022)
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