My Father the Hero (1991 film)

My Father the Hero (original French title: Mon père, ce héros) 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.

For the English language remake of the film, see My Father the Hero (1994 film).
Mon père, ce héros
Directed byGérard Lauzier
Written byGérard Lauzier
Produced byJean-Louis Livi
StarringGérard Depardieu
Marie Gillain
Catherine Jacob
CinematographyPatrick Blossier
Edited byGeorges Klotz
Music byFrançois Bernheim
Production
company
Film Par Film
Distributed byAMLF
Release date
1991
Running time
105 minutes
CountryFrance
LanguageFrench
Box office$9.3 million[1]

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

Plot

André (Gérard Depardieu), a Frenchman who is divorced from his wife, takes his beautiful 14-year-old daughter, Véronique (Marie Gillain), on vacation to a paradise island. She is desperate to appear as a woman and not a girl. In order to impress a local boy, Benjamin (Patrick Mille), she makes up more and more fantastic stories, starting with André being her lover – a sugar Daddy. André is desperate to make Véronique happy and so plays along with her increasingly elaborate invented stories about her life.

Production

Filmed on location on Mauritius, the film introduces Marie Gillain as the young Véronique. Her portrayal of innocence laced with sensuality earned her a nomination for the César Award for Most Promising Actress for her performance. Depardieu, already an established actor, provides a trademark comical performance as André, the 'eager to please' father who does the unthinkable for his daughter.

Cast

References
  1. "Mon père, ce héros (1991)". JP Box Office. 1991-10-23.


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