Mon père, ce héros. (1991)

User Rating:

6.1/10   

Director:

Gérard Lauzier

Writer:

Gérard Lauzier (scenario and dialogue)

Release Date:

23 October 1991 (France)

Genre:

Comedy | Drama

Plot:

Veronique [Marie Gillain], living with her divorced mother, is going on holiday to Mauritius with her father [Gerard Depardieu]...

Awards:

1 nomination

Cast

Gérard Depardieu	...	André Arnel
Marie Gillain	...	Véronique "Véro" Arnel
Catherine Jacob	...	Christelle
Charlotte de Turckheim	...	Irina
Gérard Hérold	...	Patrick
Patrick Mille	...	Benjamin
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Benoît Allemane	...	Notable
Harriet Batchelor	...	La copine de Benjamin
Sultan Beeharry
Eric Berger	...	Julien
Franck-Olivier Bonnet	...	Le barman
Yan Brian	...	Le père de Benjamin
François Bruhat
Koomaren Chetty	...	Karim
Thierry Der'ven
Marpessa Djian
Philippe François
Evelyne Lagesse	...	Femme notable
Lorraine Lagesse
Jean-François Rangasamy	...	Pablo
Nicolas Sobrido	...	Maxime
Christian Theodorine

Also Known As:

My Father the Hero

Runtime:

105 min

Country:

France

Language:

French

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby

Certification:

France:U | Iceland:L | Australia:PG | Argentina:13 | Chile:14 | Finland:S | Germany:6 | Spain:T | Sweden:7 | UK:PG

Filming Locations:

Mauritius

Company:

Film Par Film

Trivia:

Visa d'exploitation en France # 74958

Movie Connections:

Remade as My Father the Hero (1994)

Soundtrack:

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Hmm...

{quote by Nicholas}I actually discovered that there were two versions of this film, both by the same director, both including Gérard Depardieu, but in the first one, most of the actors are French and it is set on the Isle of Mauritius, and the second, the characters bar Depardieu are mostly American and the film is set in the West Indies or Bahamas but not Mauritius. Why make two films with the same plot ? I just don't know.

In my opinion, the better of the two was the first one which is set in Mauritius. Unfortunately, this one is NOT available on DVD and the other IS !! I bought the DVD, thinking I was getting the FIRST but got the SECOND ! Very confusing, especially when the main actor is the same person.

I preferred the characters in the first film and found it funnier..but that is of course just personal judgment. I was also pleased to see shots of Mauritius which is a lovely place. In the first film, Depardieu was speaking French, his native language, in the second he was speaking English ......he was obviously less at ease in the humorous situations !! To understand this you need to be able to speak French and, more important, heard Depardieu get irritated in his mother tongue. It's indescribably funny and cannot be translated into another language. That's what I think clinches it for this first of the two films !!

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Was Marie Gillain also in both movies ?