Beau Pere (1981)
"Beau-père" (original title)

After her mother dies, fourteen-year-old Marion falls in love with her stepfather, Remy.

Director:

Bertrand Blier

Writers:

Bertrand Blier, Bertrand Blier (novel)

Stars:

Patrick Dewaere, Ariel Besse, Maurice Ronet

1 win & 2 nominations.

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Patrick Dewaere	...	Rémi
Ariel Besse	...	Marion
Maurice Ronet	...	Charly
Geneviève Mnich	...	Simone
Maurice Risch	...	Nicolas
Macha Méril	...	La maîtresse de maison (anniversaire) / Birthday Hostess
Rose Thiéry	...	Mme Doullens / Landlord's Wife
Pierre Le Rumeur	...	Le pédiatre / Pediatrician
Yves Gasc	...	M. Doullens / Landlord
Michel Berto	...	Le professeur / Professor
Catherine Alcover	...	Médecin S.O.S. / Emergency Doctor
Henri-Jacques Huet	...	Le gérant du restaurant international / Restaurant Manager
Jacques Rispal	...	Le chauffeur de taxi / Taxi Driver
Nathalie Baye	...	Charlotte
Nicole Garcia	...	Martine

Storyline

Remy is morose, nearing 30 with his career as a musician going nowhere and his eight-year marriage to Martine souring. Then, Martine dies in a car crash, and Marion, her 14-year-old, wants to stay rather than move to her father's. Remy likes the idea: he loves her, he's raised her, and she offers him emotional responsibility. Marion's father objects, but she's willful, so he relents. Soon, she tells Remy she finds him attractive, that she's now "a woman," and why can't they be lovers. Remy is appalled, but weakens, missing her when she spends Christmas with her dad. What if they do become lovers? What next? And what if a women more his age enters the picture?

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Plot Keywords:

musician | melancholy | sexual attraction | age difference | piano | 

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Genres:

Drama

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Details

Country:

France

Language:

French

Release Date:

11 October 1981 (USA)

Also Known As:

Beau Pere

Filming Locations:

Ville d'Avray, Hauts-de-Seine, France

Company Credits

Production Co:

Sara Films, Antenne 2

Technical Specs

Runtime:

123 min

Sound Mix:

Mono

Color:

Color (Eastmancolor)

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Did You Know?

Connections

Referenced in Léon: The Professional (1994)

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Soundtracks

"Try Me (I Know We Can Make It)"
Performed by Donna Summer
Disque Casablanca
Written by Pete Bellotte, Giorgio Moroder, Donna Summer (uncredited)

User Reviews

Very intelligent

Blier is not my favorite French director. Too much irony and too much Godard-a-like in his films. But this one is very different. It's written with great intelligence and, like in most of the French Cinema, it had a wonderful sense of reality. The subject is touchy : a man falls in love with a young teenager (14 years old). But here, we have not the classic Lolita. The young girl looks realistic, and so is her feelings. Superb acting and a great musical score.