My Father the Hero (1991 film)

For the English language remake of the film, see My Father the Hero (1994 film).

Mon père, ce héros
Directed by	Gérard Lauzier
Produced by	Jean-Louis Livi
Written by	Gérard Lauzier
Starring	Gérard Depardieu Marie Gillain Catherine Jacob
Music by	François Bernheim
Cinematography	Patrick Blossier
Edited by	Georges Klotz
Production company	Film Par Film
Distributed by	AMLF
Release dates	1991
Running time	105 minutes
Country	France
Language	French
Box office	$9,287,661

My Father the Hero (original French title: Mon père, ce héros) is a 1991 French film directed by Gérard Lauzier. An English language remake of the movie was made in 1994 .

The name of the film comes from a famous poem by the French poet Victor Hugo, "Mon père, ce héros," published in 1859.

Plot

The story introduces André (Gérard Depardieu), a Frenchman who is divorced from his wife. He takes his beautiful teenage daughter, Véronique (Marie Gillain), on vacation to a paradise island with him. She is desperate to appear as a woman and not a girl, so in order to impress a local boy, she makes up more and more fascinating, yet intriguing stories, starting with André being her lover - a sugar Daddy. André is desperate to make Véronique happy and so plays along with her elaborate games, the stories they make up get increasingly bizarre, funnily consistent.

Production

Filmed on location on Mauritius, the film showcased the talent of rising star Marie Gillain as Véronique, who portrays innocence with a good degree of sensuality, as a typical young teenager, desperate to enter adulthood. She was nominated for a César Award, "Most Promising Actress" for her performance. Depardieu, already an established actor, provides a trademark comical performance as André the 'eager to please' father, doing the unthinkable for his daughter.

Cast

• Gérard Depardieu as André Arnel
• Marie Gillain as Véronique "Véro" Arnel
• Patrick Mille as Benjamin
• Catherine Jacob as Christelle
• Charlotte de Turckheim as Irina
• Gérard Hérold as Patrick
• Jean-François Rangasamy as Pablo
• Koomaren Chetty as Karim
• Evelyne Lagesse
• Benoît Allemane
• Franck-Olivier Bonnet as the barman
• Yan Brian as Benjamin's father
• Nicolas Sobrido as Maxime

External links

• Mon père, ce héros at IMDb
• My Father the Hero at the TCM Movie Database
• My Father the Hero at AllMovie