My Father the Hero (1991 film)

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

1991 French film

Mon père, ce héros

Directed by| Gérard Lauzier
Written by| Gérard Lauzier
Produced by| Jean-Louis Livi
Starring| Gérard Depardieu
Marie Gillain
Catherine Jacob
Cinematography| Patrick Blossier
Edited by| Georges Klotz
Music by| François Bernheim

Production
company

Film Par Film

Distributed by| AMLF

Release date

* 1991 (1991)

Running time

| 105 minutes
Country| France
Language| French
Box office| $9.3 million[1]

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.

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

## Plot

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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

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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.

## Cast

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* Gérard Depardieu as André Arnel
* Marie Gillain as Véronique "Véro" Arnel
* Catherine Jacob as Christelle
* Patrick Mille as Benjamin
* Charlotte de Turckheim as Irina
* Gérard Hérold as Patrick
* Jean-François Rangasamy as Pablo
* Koomaren Chetty as Karim
* Benoît Allemane

## References

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

## External links

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

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