Comment j'ai tué mon père (2001)

User Rating:

6.8/10   

Director:

Anne Fontaine

Writers:

Jacques Fieschi (writer)
Anne Fontaine (writer)

Release Date:

19 September 2001 (Belgium)

Genre:

Drama

Plot:

When his long-time disappeared father is entering his life again, Jean-Luc, a successful doctor, has no option but to face his own life story. Will he ever be able to forget and forgive?

Plot Keywords:

Doctor | Car Accident | Resentment Toward Father | Father Son Relationship

Awards:

2 wins & 1 nomination

Cast

Michel Bouquet	...	Maurice
Charles Berling	...	Jean-Luc
Natacha Régnier	...	Isa
Amira Casar	...	Myriem
Stéphane Guillon	...	Patrick
Hubert Koundé	...	Jean-Toussaint
Karole Rocher	...	Laetitia
Marie Micla	...	The Prostitute
Nicole Evans	...	The Female Patient
Philippe Lehembre	...	Homeless Guy / Elderly Patient
Pierre Londiche	...	Isa's Father
Jean-Christophe Lemberton	...	Cyril
Manoëlle Gaillard	...	Isa's Mother
Etienne Louvet	...	Myriem's Son
Claude Koener	...	The Official

Also Known As:

Cher papa (France) (working title)
How I Killed My Father (USA)
My Father and I (USA) (DVD title)
Tout le monde y pense (France) (working title)

Runtime:

98 min

Country:

Spain | France

Language:

French

Color:

Color

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Certification:

Argentina:13 | France:U | Netherlands:AL | Switzerland:12 (canton of Geneva) | Switzerland:12 (canton of Vaud) | UK:15 | Singapore:NC-16

Company:

Ciné B

Very beautiful, very subtle, very French

'Comment J'ai Tu Mon Pere' is the story of an apparently untroubled man whose control over his own life is threatened by the return of his difficult long-lost father. It's also one of those typically French films where everyone is beautiful and the drama proceeds by the subtlest of inflexion. And I find myself more willing to tolerate the first fault than I would be in an American film, partly because the characters are truly beautiful (in Hollyowood films they are often just healthy), and partly because of the second virtue. That is to say, the acting, script, cinematography and music are all superb, they bring a pained (and changing) life to this story where (superficially) nothing happens. It's true that you probably won't like this film if you do like the latest blockbuster; but the loss will all yours.