Les Compères
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| Les Compères | |
|---|---|
| Directed by | Francis Veber |
| Produced by | Jean-Claude Bourlat |
| Written by | Francis Veber |
| Starring | Gérard Depardieu Pierre Richard Anny Duperey |
| Music by | Vladimir Cosma |
| Cinematography | Claude Agostini |
| Editing by | Marie-Sophie Dubus |
| Distributed by | European International |
| Release date(s) |  November 23, 1983 December 26 March 1, 1984 October 19 (West)March 28, 1986 (East) |
| Running time | 92 min. |
| Country | France |
| Language | French |
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Les Compères is a 1983 French film written and directed by Francis Veber, and starring Gérard Depardieu, Pierre Richard and Anny Duperey.
This movie was remade as Fathers' Day (1997).
[edit] Plot
A teenaged son has run away from home. His stepfather is indifferent, so his mother contacts two former lovers from around the time her son was conceived, either of whom might be the birth father. She calls up both to search for her son, by telling each of them that the runaway boy is their son. One of them (Depardieu) is a tough journalist investigating the Mafia, while the other (Richard) is a timid former teacher who was on the verge of committing suicide when he received the telephone call. The two former boyfriends finally meet, and together they locate the son. In the end the son tells both Depardieu and Richard (while the other is out of earshot) that his mother thinks that he is the father. Thus, the son adopts both of them as his father, and reconciles with his stepfather.
[edit] Trivia
The title translates literally as "The Accomplices," and that the word "Père" appears in this word denotes that it is a pun.
