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My Father the Hero

My Father the Hero

1991•1h 45m•5.6/10
ComedyDrama

Ratings

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5.6/10(136)

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...

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Production

Film Par Film, DD Productions, Orly Films, Paravision International S.A., TF1 Films Production

Language

FR

Status

Released

Release Date

Cast

Gérard Depardieu

Gérard Depardieu

André Arnel

Marie Gillain

Marie Gillain

Véronique "Véro" Arnel

Catherine Jacob

Catherine Jacob

Christelle

Charlotte de Turckheim

Charlotte de Turckheim

Irina

Gérard Hérold

Gérard Hérold

Patrick

Patrick Mille

Patrick Mille

Benjamin

Benoît Allemane

Benoît Allemane

Notable

Harriet Batchelor

Benjamin's girlfriend

Sultan Beeharry

Éric Berger

Éric Berger

Julien

Franck-Olivier Bonnet

Franck-Olivier Bonnet

The bartender

Yan Brian

Yan Brian

Benjamin's father

François Bruhat

Koomaren Chetty

Karim

Thierry Der'ven

Thierry Der'ven

Marpessa Djian

Philippe François

Evelyne Lagesse

Notable woman

Lorraine Lagesse

Jean-François Rangasamy

Pablo

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