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My Father the Hero (1991 film)

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'My Father the Hero' (original French title: 'Mon pre, ce hros') is a 1991 French film directed by Grard Lauzier and starring Grard Depardieu. An English language remake of the movie was made in 1994 with Grard Depardieu reprising his role.

The name of the film comes from a famous poem by the French poet Victor Hugo, "'[http://sedulia.blogs.com/sedulias_translations/2009/12/victor-hugo-my-father-that-hero.html Mon pre, ce hros]'," published in 1859.

Plot



The story introduces Andr (Grard Depardieu), a Frenchman who is divorced from his wife. He takes his beautiful teenage daughter, Vronique (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 Andr being her lover a sugar Daddy. Andr is desperate to make Vronique 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 Vronique, who portrays innocence with a good degree of sensuality, as a typical young teenager, desperate to enter adulthood. She was nominated for the Csar Award for Most Promising Actress for her performance. Depardieu, already an established actor, provides a trademark comical performance as Andr the 'eager to please' father, doing the unthinkable for his daughter.

Cast



* Grard Depardieu as Andr Arnel

* Marie Gillain as Vronique "Vro" Arnel

* Catherine Jacob as Christelle

* Patrick Mille as Benjamin

* Charlotte de Turckheim as Irina

* Grard Hrold as Patrick

* Jean-Franois Rangasamy as Pablo

* Koomaren Chetty as Karim

* Benot Allemane

References






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