My Father the Hero (1991)

5.7/10 105 min Comedy Drama

Overview

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...

Cast

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

Éric Berger

Julien

Franck-Olivier Bonnet

The bartender

Yan Brian

Benjamin's father

Thierry Der'ven

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