How I Killed My Father
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Directed by | Anne Fontaine |
Starring |
Charles Berling Michel Bouquet |
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Country | France |
Language | French |
How I Killed My Father (French: Comment j'ai tué mon père) is a 2001 French film directed by Anne Fontaine.
Plot
Jean-Luc (Charles Berling), an established gerontologist, considers his father Maurice dead. He lost him, when he left his wife and children to work as a physician in Africa. Suddenly the father appears again. Maurice (Michel Bouquet) is bankrupt and moves into his son's home for several days. He annoys Jean-Luc with compliments that sound like accusations. Or is it Jean-Luc that always hears irony? His wife likes the senior immediately, and even Jean-Luc's younger brother accepts him. Jean-Luc would like to kill his father but...
Cast
- Charles Berling : Jean-Luc
- Michel Bouquet : Maurice
- Natacha Régnier : Isa
- Stéphane Guillon : Patrick
- Amira Casar : Myriem
- François Berléand : un patient
- Hubert Koundé : Jean-Toussaint
- Karole Rocher : Laetitia