My Father the Hero

Name: My Father the Hero
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Released: 1991-10-23
Duration: 1 h 45 min
Cast: Gérard Depardieu, Marie Gillain, Catherine Jacob, Charlotte de Turckheim, Gérard Hérold

1991, French. Directed by Gérard Lauzier.

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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Runtime: 1h 45m
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Language: French
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Released: 23 October 1991
Original title: Mon père, ce héros
Country: France
Written by: Gérard Lauzier

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Our verdict is Snoozefest: Your time is worth more. It scores 5.7/10 from 146 TMDB viewer ratings.

How long is My Father the Hero?

My Father the Hero runs 105 minutes (1h 45m).

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My Father the Hero isn’t streaming on any OTT platform in India yet; it released on 23 October 1991. (Checked 13 November 2026.)

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Who directed My Father the Hero?

My Father the Hero (1991) was directed by Gérard Lauzier and stars Gérard Depardieu, Marie Gillain, Catherine Jacob.