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My Dad's Christmas Date

My Dad's Christmas Date

20206.21h 31m

Overview

It’s Christmas and the charming city of York, home to Jules, 16, and her dad, David, is decked out ready for the festive season. In many ways, David and Jules’ relationship is no different from that of most fathers and their sixteen-year-old daughters. He struggles to understand her, she refuses to communicate with him. He wants to be involved in her life, she wants her own space. In one important respect, however, David and Jules share a profound bond: the death of Jules’ mum, and David’s wife, in a car crash two years before. With both struggling to cope with everyday life in the shadow of their loss, Jules, inspired by happy memories of her mum, decides to take matters into her own hands.

Directed by Mick Davis
Written by Toby Torlesse, Brian Marchetti, Jack Marchetti
Produced by Alan Latham, Loni Farhi, Philippe Martinez
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Top Cast

Jeremy Piven

Jeremy Piven

David

Olivia-Mai Barrett

Olivia-Mai Barrett

Jules

Hadar Cats

Hadar Cats

Emma

Joely Richardson

Joely Richardson

Sarah

Megan Brown

Megan Brown

Claire

F

Felix Butterwick

Ben

S

Sophie Corcoran

Natasha

J

Janine Craig

Caroline

S

Sofie Golding-Spittle

Kate

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Indi Golding-Spittle

Alice

Themes & Keywords

holidayex-girlfriendteenage daughterdeath of motherset upgrievingfather daughter conflictchristmasdeath of wifefather daughter relationshipyork englandwidower with daughterchristmastimeblind dating

About My Dad's Christmas Date

My Dad's Christmas Date is a romance, comedy film released in 2020 exploring themes of holiday, ex-girlfriend, teenage daughter, death of mother, set up, grieving. Directed by Mick Davis, it stars Jeremy Piven, Olivia-Mai Barrett, Hadar Cats. It’s Christmas and the charming city of York, home to Jules, 16, and her dad, David, is decked out ready for the festive season. In many ways, David and Jules’ relationship is no different from that of most fathers and their sixteen-year-old daughters. He struggles to understand her, she refuses to communicate with him. He wants to be involved in her life, she wants her own space. In one important respect, however, David and Jules share a profound bond: the death of Jules’ mum, and David’s wife, in a car crash two years before. With both struggling to cope with everyday life in the shadow of their loss, Jules, inspired by happy memories of her mum, decides to take matters into her own hands.

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