France 2 is broadcasting this evening “Happiness that we have”, a touching fiction carried by Fred Testot which follows a teenager abandoned by his parents who will have to take care of his brother and his sister.
What is it about ?
Vincent is 13 years old, the age when we switch to adolescence; he has boundless admiration for his father; the latter, unemployed, mainly deals with football, claiming to soon become a professional trainer; on the other hand, he takes little care of his wife and even less of his children.
Only Vincent, who shares his passion for football, has a relationship he believes to be privileged with his father, of which he takes great pride. Vincent’s mother, she bears all the burdens and responsibilities until the day when, at the end, she makes a suicide attempt and finds herself hospitalized for depression…
The siblings, Vincent, Clément (10 years old) and Clara (7 years old), then turn to their father, but the latter clearly has no desire to assume his role as father. Cut off from his mother, abandoned by a failing father, Vincent will have to take care of Clément and Clara; and gradually understanding that this father he saw as a hero is in fact just a boaster, liar, irresponsible and selfish.
Fortunately, we have this Wednesday, May 3 from 9:10 p.m. on France 2.
It’s worth checking out ?
Child abuse is a very common theme in fiction. Beaten, abused or abandoned children are as much violence as viewers are used to seeing on the small and big screen.
But with Luckily we have, Anne Giafferi, the screenwriter and director who notably worked on Fais pas ci, faire pas ça, offers us a poignant societal work on ordinary mistreatment, that which failing parents inflict on their offspring without always being aware of it.
In Fortunately, 13-year-old Vincent finds himself in charge of his little brother and his little sister after their mother’s suicide attempt. Their father Franck (Fred Testot) does not seem ready to take care of them, preferring to continue his life away from this paternal charge.
Little by little, Vincent will discover that his father, whom he admires so much, is not the person he imagined. The teenager, neglected by everyone, will take charge of the siblings, while trying to hide this delicate situation from his relatives and his teachers. A complex situation that will have consequences for the boy…
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Far from the usual violence of this kind of fiction, Anne Giafferi addresses here the question of insidious abuse, difficult to detect, which upsets the psychic, emotional and psychological development of children.
A strong theme that does not leave the viewer unmoved, in particular thanks to the accurate interpretation of its distribution. Fred Testot, who has accustomed us to the roles of troublemakers, slips here into the skin of an absent father, and offers us a subtle game with multiple dimensions.
For the occasion, he gives the reply to Oscar Pauleau (Parents of students), who shows the full extent of his young talent. The chemistry that the latter shares with Eliott Furic and Nina de Tonquédec, his brother and sister on screen, is undeniable, thus giving the siblings a depth that is all the more moving and authentic.