A cable car repair man who loses his job gets closer to his handicapped son.

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When Paul loses his job, he has to take stock of his life: a former middle-distance runner who turned to repair cable car lines, he’s never really been there for his son Julien, who’s bound to a wheelchair. To win over his father, Julien asks Paul to come along on an extraordinary adventure: the Ironman triathlon, where he’s pulls his son through water and along land, over more than 40 km.

A melodrama based on a true story about a father who reconciles with his son thanks to a sensational athletic test. Toutes nos forces doesn’t pull any punches: the audience is predestined to cry. That is both the strength and the weakness of this film by Nils Tavernier, thanks to a universal story and excellent performances by Jacques Gamblin and Fabien Héraud. Its limitations are predictable narration and conventional intentions, luckily saved by impressive direction during the triathlon scenes.