Oct 23, 1991
105 min
Full-HD

My Father the Hero (1991)

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...

Category

Comedy Drama

Country

France

Companies

Film Par Film DD Productions Orly Films Paravision International S.A. TF1 Films Production

Gérard Depardieu

André Arnel

Marie Gillain

Véronique "Véro" Arnel

Catherine Jacob

Christelle

Charlotte de Turckheim

Irina

Gérard Hérold

Patrick

Patrick Mille

Benjamin

Benoît Allemane

Notable

Harriet Batchelor

Benjamin's girlfriend

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