Monsieur Papa (2011) on Netflix

Plot summary

Marius Vallois is twelve and lives in a wealthy household with his mother, Marie, who runs a company and loves him without condition. He has never known his father, and it troubles him. His schoolwork suffers and he begins shoplifting, so Marie decides her son needs a father figure. At the office building where she works, she runs into Robert Pique, a man with a background in finance who earns a little by ironing his neighbors' clothes and is looking for work. She proposes to pay him to meet Marius and pretend to be the boy's father. Robert hesitates at first, and then agrees.