Le plus court chemin vers le ciel

Overview

Thomas, an eight-year-old boy, has just been told by his mother who his father is, an American soldier from Oklahoma, stationed in a barracks in Orleans, who has been back home for exactly eight years before he knew he was to become the father of a French child. At the end of 1963, Thomas and his mother flew to America for ten days to meet Richard Walker, his unknown father.

Cast

Philippe Tournefier

Self (archive)

François Zabaleta

Narrator (voice)