15 ans et demi (, also known as Daddy Cool) is a 2008 French comedy film by François Desagnat and Thomas Sorriaux, starring Daniel Auteuil.
Plot summary Philippe Le Tallec, an eminent scientist, has been living in the United States for several years. He returns to France to take care of his teenage daughter and hopes to make up for the lost years with her but Églantine is not interested and has far more important teenage preoccupations. Completely out of his depth, Philippe resolves to study fatherhood with the help of Jean-Maxence, a famous author of methods of fatherhood, with interventions from Einstein.
Cast Daniel Auteuil : Philippe Le Tallec : Églantine Le Tallec, Philippe's daughter François Damiens : Jean-Maxence Lionel Abelanski : Guy, a friend of Philippe Julie Ferrier : Fiona François Berléand : Albert Einstein Elise Larnicol : Sylvie Benjamin Siksou : Gaspard Lucie Lucas : Karine Philippe Duquesne : Jean-Louis : Denis Alain Chabat : Norbert Sara Mortensen : Barbara, bald laboratory guinea-pig Coura Traoré : Anne-Sophie Canis Crevillen : Charlotte Lionel Lingelser : Vincent Maud Verdeyen : Zoé Dylan Imayanga : Enzo César Domboy : Achille Edwin Apps : A scientist Elie Semoun : The vindictive motorist Vincent Desagnat : Radio voice
Background The film is based on two works by the screen-writer and director Vincent Ravalec « Ma fille a quatorze ans » and « Papa zéro défaut », the latter including the elements of the father attending a re-education course. The shooting took ten weeks, of which Auteuil was available for only eight.Dossier de presse: 15 ans et demi, Gaumont, 2008.
Critical reception French reviewers considered the film a creditable French attempt at an American-style teen movie, derivative but entertaining on its own terms.15 ans et demi, Le Figaro.
Reviews Isabelle Regnier, "15 ans et demi" : un teen movie à la française, Le Monde, 29 April 2008. 15 Ans et Demi, Premiere, 30 April 2008.
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