In Nome del Padre (In the Name of the Father) is a deeply personal one-hour Italian-language documentary that delves into the emotional distance between Italian immigrant fathers and their Canadian-born sons. For decades, these men built Canada’s foundations with calloused hands and quiet resolve, expressing love through work, duty, and sacrifice — but rarely through words. Now, as a new generation seeks connection and understanding, both fathers and sons are breaking the silence that once defined them.
Through candid, intergenerational conversations filmed in kitchens, garages, and family homes across Canada, the documentary reveals the unspoken tenderness beneath layers of guilt, pride, and Catholic tradition. It examines how migration, faith, and patriarchy shaped a generation of men who believed love was shown, not spoken — and how their sons, raised between two cultures, are redefining what it means to be strong, vulnerable, and seen.
Told with honesty and intimacy, In Nome del Padre is not only a story of fathers and sons, but of transformation — a reckoning with masculinity, identity, and the quiet hope that healing can begin with a single conversation.
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