Daddy

Brendan, an American anthropologist, used to wander the planet exploring human nature in all its forms and beauty. But today, he has to embark on a very different project. After falling in love with a Danish woman, he ends up a stay-at-home dad of two toddlers in Copenhagen, and his own boring life as a caregiver becomes his only object of study. Once unable to conform to a conventional lifestyle, he now discovers the few joys and many hardships of child rearing, as well as the bizarre culture of hygge that surrounds him. Abandoned by his mother as a kid, Brendan swore to never inflict the same trauma on his children, but he suddenly understands the prison she found herself in: “We need to find another word than love for this,” he ponders. Filmed over five years, this tragicomic diary is a relatable, taboo-free look at the exquisite torture of parenthood.

SCREENINGS: 25.06 SPARTA (PIOP) 21:00 / 27.06 KALAMATA 22:00 / 17.07 LEVIDI 23:00 

• Credits:
  • Director:Lars Emil Leonhard, Brendan Cooner
  • Cinematographer: Lars Emil Leonhard
  • Sound Design: Sune Kaarsberg
  • Editing: Lars Emil Leonhardt, Brendan Cooney
  • Executive Producer: Vibeke Vogel
  • With Brendan Cooney, Ida Buhl, Hannah and Luke