Family Hero

Family Hero

2006 · 103 min · FR · 4.8 (26 votes)
Dir. Thierry Klifa · Starring Gérard Lanvin, Catherine Deneuve, Emmanuelle Béart, Miou-Miou, Michaël Cohen, Géraldine Pailhas · Music David-François Moreau
Drama

A story of a cabaret in Nice called "Le perroquet bleu" ("The blue parrot"). The innkeeper, Gabriel, dies at the beginning of the movie and leave his business to his godchildren : Nino and Marianne, whom father had been taken under Gabriel's wing when he was fifteen years old. After the reading of the will, the fate of "The Blue Parrot" is in their hands.

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A contemplative, European-tinged drama that feels like a lingering sigh. It's a quiet exploration of inherited burdens and the bittersweet echoes of the past, best savored in solitude.

melancholicnostalgicwistfulintrospectiveslow-burnarthouse dramacharacter-drivenEuropean cinemalegacygrieffound familyresponsibility
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