Paternal Leave (2025)
1h 53m
Running Time
May 15, 2025Release Date
Plot.
Alone and angry, a teenager travels to the coast of northern Italy to meet her biological father. On the beaches of Emilia-Romagna’s Riviera, deserted in winter, the girl meets him for the first time. Their encounter is fraught with questions, longing and conflict, as they struggle for acceptance, love, and honesty. It’s a difficult and complicated reckoning between the choices of the past and its repercussions on the present.
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Cast & Crew.
Juli Grabenhenrich
Leo
Luca Marinelli
Paolo
Arturo Gabbriellini
Edoardo
Joy Falletti Cardillo
Emilia
Gaia Rinaldi
Valeria
Alissa Jung
Director / Screenplay / Writer
Carolina Steinbrecher
Director of Photography
Daniela Tartari
Costume Designer
Media.
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Paternal Leave is a 2025 drama film directed by Alissa Jung in her feature film directorial debut. The film follows 15-year-old Leo as she journeys to the northern coast of Italy to meet her estranged biological father for the first time.
A Germany and Italy co-production, the film was selected in the Generation 14plus section at the 75th Berlin International Film Festival, where it had its world premiere on 15 February 2025.