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My Father the Hero(Movie, 1991)

Original title: "Mon père, ce héros" (French/FR)
1h 45min | Genres: Comedy, Drama
My Father the HeroRating: 2.8/5 (with 5656 votes)
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. ()
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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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Additional Information

Production country: France
Plays in: Africa
Derivative works/Adaptions: "My Father the Hero" (movie, 1994)
Original language: French (FR)
Spoken languages: French (FR)
Translated into 14 languages: Bulgarian (BG), Czech (CS), German (DE), English (EN), Spanish (ES), French (FR), Hungarian (HU), Italian (IT), Japanese (JA), Polish (PL), Portuguese (PT), Russian (RU), Ukrainian (UK), Chinese (Mandarin) (ZH)
Status: Released
Release date US: 10/23/1991
Director: Gérard Lauzier
Screenwriter: Gérard Lauzier
Director of Photography: Patrick Blossier
Alternative titles in other countries (from previews, ads etc.):
"Mon Pere Ce Heros"
"Hanta-palinta"

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