Jim's Story

2024 [FRENCH]

Comedy / Drama

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IMDb Rating 6.8/10 10 1087 1.1K

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Plot summary

Aymeric runs into Florence, a former coworker, one evening in Saint-Claude in the Haut-Jura. She is six months pregnant and single. When she gives birth to Jim, Aymeric is there. They spend happy years together until Christophe, Jim's biological father, shows up... It could be the start of a melodrama, it's also the start of an odyssey into fatherhood.

Director

Arnaud Larrieu Photo
Arnaud Larrieu

Top cast

Violaine Gillibert Photo
Violaine Gillibert as Caroline
Laetitia Dosch Photo
Laetitia Dosch as Florence Pelletier
Noée Abita Photo
Noée Abita as Aurélie
Karim Leklou Photo
Karim Leklou as Aymeric Bailly
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936.22 MB
1280*690
French 2.0
NR
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24 fps
1 hr 41 min
Seeds 16
1.88 GB
1920*1036
French 5.1
NR
Subtitles us  
24 fps
1 hr 41 min
Seeds 23

Movie Reviews

Reviewed by alain_pinel 7 / 10

Could be more touching

A touching story in its nature. However, I don't feel the truth of the relationships between the characters. The resilience of the protagonists is sometimes respectable, sometimes irritating. The narration is well used. The plans with the photos annoyed me. The music is very beautiful. I know we shouldn't make it too long a film, but the transitions in the first half of the plot are brought about too quickly for the film to be sincerely moving. The last thirty minutes allow the work to be better than simple banality. Laetitia Dosch, Eol Personne and Andranic Manet stand out from the rest of the cast with the truth of their acting.
Reviewed by Portis_Charles 8 / 10

Emotional shock

Reviewed by matlabaraque 6 / 10

Good people, fatherhood and ménage à trois

When Karim Leklou got his prize for best actor at the French Cesar for his role as Aymeric, some sort of big hearted wanderer, he said that he immediately liked the scenario because it spoke about "good people, the "gentle ones" we barely ever hear of. Aymeric, the heroe of this story is of one of those who do not think of themselves in the first place, who let their ego aside, the ones who never overwhelm the others with their problems and who accept to be guided by other people's will.Jim's Story is the story of a gentle one: a father who became one without noticing it, who accepted his fate without claiming for justice or revenge.Beyond Aymeric's fate, the film tackles fatherhood like very few did before with sensitivity and a touching point of view for a complex almost unique situation.In the background of "Jim's Story", any fan of cinema will see a revisited "Jules and Jim" (the famous film of François Truffaut - 1962 -) with other taboos than in the 60's. While "Jules and Jim" spoke about the freedom of sexuality for a woman in the 60's (a scandal back then !) Jim's Story speaks about taboos of the XXIst century like the role of strangers in the upbringing of a child, insights about modern love (with no grudge !) and a deep analysis into the strong bond created with a child a his tutor (whether he's the father ...or not).What is being a family, what is being a father ? Can a child have several dads ? These are the questions the film will try to find an answer to.The Larrieu Brothers take back the narrative of the 1962's film,. You might find back a lot of winks to the 1962's film : the little house in the woods, the back and forth to the city and the letters (or email) exchanged. However, this story (Jim's story) has its own originality, its own authenticity . It's indeed a heartbreaking story and a sensitive film that should bring new shades of thoughts towards how and when fatherhood is born.All in all, this movie is an ode to tolerance, to freedom, to good people and to country side.The narrative might seem very "French" or very intellectual, but it's a stylistic device that makes you enter into a specific mood, guided by the gentleness or its main character.Very original, sometimes upsetting by the reactions of Aymeric the main character (who never gets angry !), but a beautiful idea and a beautiful mood indeed in this film !The actors are also very good, Karim Leklou of course (who deserved his prize) but also Sara Giraudeau (the last girl friend of Aymeric in the film) or Adranic Manet who both bring a very energetic, tender and fresh input at the end of the film.I am more skeptical with Laetitia Dosch, the mother of Jim, who is never where we expect her to be. Her intonation is puzzling, she speaks weird (as if she was reciting...), but her character is distrubing and weird from beginning to end which gives consistence to her character. You end up understanding that she's a freak and eventually accept the way she is (and she deceives you !).I recommend this film for its originality and the emotion it will trigger in you. Beautiful film about fatherhood indeed.
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