My Father the Hero

My Father the Hero

1991 · 105 min · FR · 5.5 (121 votes)
Dir. Gérard Lauzier · Starring Gérard Depardieu, Marie Gillain, Catherine Jacob, Charlotte de Turckheim, Gérard Hérold, Patrick Mille · Music François Bernheim
ComedyDrama

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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A sweet, if sometimes awkward, family comedy about a daughter's wild lies and a father's reluctant participation. It's a lighthearted, feel-good romp with a touch of romance and a whole lot of vacation vibes.

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