Father and Daughter

"Moved to tears in 8 minutes"

2001 0h 9m XX

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7.5

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★7.5TMDB · 198

AnimationDrama

Synopsis

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A father says goodbye to his young daughter. In time the daughter grows old, but within her there is always a deep longing for her father.

“Moved to tears in 8 minutes”

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Credits

Behind the camera

Director: Michael Dudok de Wit
Writers: Michael Dudok de Wit
Languages: No Language
Countries: Belgium, Netherlands, United Kingdom

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RUNTIME

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Tight 9-minute runtime — shorter than most television pilots.

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2 / 7

ERA

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25 years old — old enough to be someone's favourite childhood film.

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3 / 7

WORLD

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International production across 3 countries: Belgium, Netherlands, United Kingdom.

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4 / 7

ERA

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Lean credit list — fewer than 30 people officially credited.

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5 / 7

DIRECTOR

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Original score by Denis L. Chartrand. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.

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6 / 7

RUNTIME

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Marketing tagline: "Moved to tears in 8 minutes".

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7 / 7

WILD

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IMDB entry: tt0279079 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.

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The take

Michael Dudok de Wit directs. Denis L. Chartrand scores. Runs lean at under 100 minutes. Produced in Belgium, Netherlands, United Kingdom. Dialogue in No Language.

Trivia

Things worth knowing

1Tight 9-minute runtime — shorter than most television pilots.
225 years old — old enough to be someone's favourite childhood film.
3International production across 3 countries: Belgium, Netherlands, United Kingdom.
4Lean credit list — fewer than 30 people officially credited.
5Original score by Denis L. Chartrand. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.
6Marketing tagline: "Moved to tears in 8 minutes".
7IMDB entry: tt0279079 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
8Released under 11 different titles around the world.

The technical file

Original score: Denis L. Chartrand
Production design: Michael Dudok de Wit
Sound: Henry Godding Jr.
Runtime: 9 min · 0h 9m
Status: Released
Original language: XX
IMDB: Father and Daughter (2001)

Awards

Annecy Cristal for a Short Film
Academy Award for Best Animated Short Film

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Michael Dudok de Wit

Community reviews

What people are saying

CinemaSerf2024-02-09
★ 7/10
Iosef Ivanovici's "Danube Waves" serves as a great soundtrack for this delicately animated story of a young girl who says goodbye to her father before he sets off in a rowing boat and she on her bicycle. Along shaded, tree-lined avenues she goes and the seasons pass; the leaves come and go as does the snow. The sun sets lower not just on the horizon, but on her life as she ages and returns to that spot where she last saw her dad. No longer a waterway, but a sea of sand in which she finds the wreck of a small boat and... I loved the simplicity of this. The linear drawing, the shadow and the shade and so much of it left to our own imagination. We can pretty much put whatever emphasis we want on a story that might be dealing with longing and death - or, maybe not. Certainly worth watching for eight minutes, I'd say.

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