My Father the Hero

My Father the Hero (1991)

Mon père, ce héros

Veronique, living with her divorced mother, is going on holiday to Mauritius with her father. To impress a local boy, Benjamin, she manages to complicate the situation by making up stories about her father. She presents him as her lover, a mercenary and even a secret agent which gets her into trouble and then her father has to start playing along...

Date of release
1991-10-23
TMDB
5.7 / 10 (144)
Runtime
1h 45m
Genres
Comedy, Drama
Director
Gérard Lauzier

Casting

Interesting facts

My Father the Hero is a 1991 French film directed by Gérard Lauzier and starring Gérard Depardieu. An English language remake of the movie was made in 1994 with Gérard Depardieu reprising his role.

Production

Filmed on location on Mauritius, the film introduces Marie Gillain as the young Véronique earning her a nomination for the César Award for Most Promising Actress.

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