''A Kid'' (french: Le Fils de Jean) is a 2016 French-Canadian

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 ...

written and directed by

Philippe Lioret Philippe Lioret (born 10 October 1955) is a French film director, screenwriter A screenplay writer (also called screenwriter, scriptwriter, scribe or scenarist) is a writer who practices the craft of screenwriting, writing screenplays on ...

and starring Pierre Deladonchamps,

Gabriel Arcand Gabriel Arcand (born June 4, 1949) is a Canadian actor. He is the brother of film director Denys Arcand. After studying philosophy at McGill University, Arcand spent his formative professional years at La Criée in Marseilles, France, and late ...

and Catherine De Léan. It is loosely based on the book ''Si ce livre pouvait me rapprocher de toi'' by

Jean-Paul Dubois Jean-Paul Dubois (born 1950 in Toulouse, Haute-Garonne) is a French journalist and author. He won the Prix Goncourt in 2019 for '' Tous les hommes n'habitent pas le monde de la même façon'' ("All Men Do Not Inhabit This World in the Same Way"), ...

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* 2016 films 2010s French-language films French drama films Canadian drama films Films based on French novels Films directed by Philippe Lioret 2016 drama films French-language Canadian films 2010s Canadian films 2010s French films {{2010s-Canada-film-stub