Patrick Dewaere, My Hero (2022)

8.7/10 • 90 min • Documentary

Overview

The actress Lola Dewaere recounts the film career and traumatic life of celebrated actor Patrick Dewaere, the father she never knew, under the watchful eye of director Alexandre Moix.

Cast

Patrick Dewaere

Self (archive footage) - actor, subject

Lola Dewaere

Self, narrator

Brigitte Fossey

Self - actress

Jean-Pierre Maurin

Self (archive footage) - actor, brother of Patrick Dewaere

Yves-Marie Maurin

Self (archive footage) - actor, brother of Patrick Dewaere

Jean-François Vlerick

Self (archive footage) - actor, brother of Patrick Dewaere

Dominique Maurin

Self (archive footage) - actor, brother of Patrick Dewaere

Mado Maurin

Self (archive footage) - mother of Patrick Dewaere

Bertrand Blier

Self - director

Gérard Depardieu

Self (archive footage) - actor

Miou-Miou

Self (archive footage) - actress

Pierre Granier-Deferre

Self (archive footage) - director

Lino Ventura

Self (archive footage) - actor

Yves Boisset

Self (voice) (archive footage) - director

Francis Huster

Self (archive footage) - actor, victim of a paedophile

Jean-Jacques Annaud

Self - director

Alain Corneau

Self (archive footage) - director

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