Starbuck

A butcher's assistant in his forties has forgotten that he donated sperm many times when he was young. One day he learns he has more than five hundred biological children and that some of them are suing to learn his identity. The film sets this up as a comic premise, but the narrative moves elsewhere quickly: he starts watching the children one by one in secret and tells none of them who he is. The real question is whether fatherhood is a decision or a consequence. Ken Scott wrote and directed. It is a Quebec production with Patrick Huard in the lead. He later remade the same story in America. Who it's for: those who like sentimental Quebec comedy. Who it's not for: viewers curious about the legal side; the film keeps the case in the background.