Paternal Leave
Open Roads: New Italian Cinema 2025
May 29 - June 5, 2025
A touching story of familial reconnection, Alissa Jung’s debut feature orbits around the alluring and sensitive performances of Luca Marinelli and Juli Grabenhenrich as an estranged father and teenage daughter forging a new bond in coastal northern Italy.
A touching story of familial reconnection, Alissa Jung’s debut feature, which had its world premiere at the 2025 Berlinale, orbits around the alluring and sensitive performances of its two lead actors. Leo (Juli Grabenhenrich) is a 15-year-old girl who has grown up in Germany without ever knowing her father, Paolo (Luca Marinelli); upon learning of his identity, Leo sets out to meet Paolo, confronting him at a bar in coastal northern Italy. The experience leaves Paolo totally bewildered, but as the two spend more time together, a long overdue bond begins to take root. Marinelli is particularly moving, turning in a nuanced, dimensional performance as a father caught between the life he knows and the daughter he never had the chance to know.
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