The Father premiered in 2012 starring Robert Hirsch and was produced again in 2015 at the Comédie des Champs-Élysées.

Anne informs Pierre that their son, a depressed teenager, has not been to school for three months.

Pierre accepts, changes his high school and will do everything possible to restore his son's appetite for life.

It premiered in February 2019 under the direction of Michael Longhurst at the Kiln Theatre with actors John Light, Laurie Kynaston and Amanda Abbington.

[8] L'Express critic Christophe Barbier praised its emotional power, writing, "To all the fathers of a son over fifteen, Florian Zeller plants a mirror in the heart.