''That Lovely Girl'' (french: Loin de mon père, he, הרחק מהיעדרו) is a 2014 Israeli-French

drama film In film and television, drama is a category or genre of narrative fiction (or semi-fiction) intended to be more serious than humorous in tone. Drama of this kind is usually qualified with additional terms that specify its particular super ...

directed by

Keren Yedaya Keren Yedaya ( he, קרן ידעיה; born in 1972) is an Israeli filmmaker. She was born in the United States, but her family moved to Israel in 1975 when she was just three. She trained at the Camera Obscura School of Art in Tel Aviv. Biograph ...

. It was selected to compete in the

Un Certain Regard (, meaning 'a certain glance') is a section of the Cannes Film Festival's official selection. It is run at the Debussy, parallel to the competition for the . This section was introduced in 1978 by Gilles Jacob. The section presents 20 films w ...

section at the 2014 Cannes Film Festival. The film is an adaptation of the novel ''Away From His Absence'' by Shez. The story follows Tami, who is in a toxic

incestuous Incest ( ) is human sexual activity between family members or close relatives. This typically includes sexual activity between people in consanguinity (blood relations), and sometimes those related by affinity (marriage or stepfamily), adopti ...

relationship with her father Moshe, which she is unable to break free from.

Cast

*Maayan Turjeman as Tami *Tzahi Grad as Moshe * Yaël Abecassis as Shuli *Tal Ben-Bina as Iris

Reception

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'' described the film as "oddly flat", but praised the cast, "who give rich, sustained performances".

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* 2014 films 2014 drama films Israeli drama films French drama films 2010s Hebrew-language films Incest in film 2010s French films {{2010s-France-film-stub