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My Father the Hero

1991 · 105 min

A breezy, sunlit holiday comedy that coasts on charm and mild embarrassment, easy to watch but rarely surprising.

Directed by
Gérard Lauzier
Genres
Comedy, Drama
Starring
Gérard Depardieu, Marie Gillain, Catherine Jacob
Overview
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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Directed by
Gérard Lauzier
Genres
Comedy, Drama
Starring
Gérard Depardieu, Marie Gillain, Catherine Jacob
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How it feels

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Tone
  • lightstrength 2 of 3
  • warmstrength 2 of 3
  • whimsicalstrength 1 of 3
  • earneststrength 1 of 3
Pacing
measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
easy-watch, 2 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • family
  • identity
  • coming-of-age
  • parenthood
  • deception
Places
  • sea
  • road trip
Era
contemporary
Audience
teen
Form
None
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language mild
  • Violence none
  • Sex mild
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action2
Horror0
Humour6
Realism7
Romance4
Tension3
Darkness2
Complexity3
Emotional weight4

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Genres
comedy, drama
Directed by
Gérard Lauzier
Written by
Gérard Lauzier
Starring
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Music
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Cinematography
Patrick Blossier
Runtime
105 min
Country
France
Languages
French

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