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Overview

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Director:
Writers (WGA):
Gérard Lauzier (screenplay)
Francis Veber (screenplay) ...
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Release Date:
4 February 1994 (USA) more
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Tagline:
Fathers have just one problem with raising their daughters. They grow up!
Plot:
A teenage girl on vacation in the Bahamas with her divorced father tries to impress a potential boyfriend by saying that her father is actually her lover. full summary | add synopsis
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French Producer Bar Dies
 (From WENN. 3 February 2009, 4:20 AM, PST)

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Cast

  (Cast overview, first billed only)

Gérard Depardieu ... Andre

Katherine Heigl ... Nicole
Dalton James ... Ben

Lauren Hutton ... Megan

Faith Prince ... Diana

Stephen Tobolowsky ... Mike
Ann Hearn ... Stella
Robyn Peterson ... Doris
Frank Renzulli ... Fred
Manny Jacobs ... Raymond
Jeffrey Chea ... Pablo / 'The Baha Men' Band Member
Stephen Burrows ... Hakim
Michael Robinson ... Tom
Robert Miner ... Mr. Porter
Betty Miner ... Mrs. Porter
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Additional Details

Also Known As:
My father, ce héros (France)
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Runtime:
90 min
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Color (Technicolor)
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1.85 : 1 more
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Gérard Depardieu reprises his role from the French original. more
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Continuity: When the father is waiting up for Nicole, he sees her walking towards the house. He runs to the couch to pretend he was already asleep. When he kicks off his shoes, one lands on the floor by the couch while the other appears to bounce off the table onto the floor on the far side of the table. We see Nicole walk in. Then when we see the father again, the straps of one of his shoes can be seen on the table by the ashtray. more
Quotes:
Nicole: Daddy, can I talk to you about something?
Andre: Of course. You can talk to me about anything.
Nicole: Anything?
Andre: Anything at all. What is it? Tell me.
Nicole: Promise not to yell.
Andre: I promise. Now tell me.
Nicole: It's really not that bad.
Andre: Tell me.
Nicole: You said you wouldn't yell.
Andre: That was not yelling, trust me.
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who knows the name and composer of the piano piece the father played?, 16 August 2005
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Author: gilaperach from Austria

Charming film. Laughed pleasantly. I was taken with the piano music that Depardieu played toward the end. Can anyone identify it for me? A Beethoven or Mozart slow piece??? Thanks. Depardieu was very patient in a dilemma that is sadly all too common in our day, the estrangement of the divorced parent from their child. The child grows up without them, the estranged parent dreams of making it all better and creating a better connection. The girl behaved like a teenager in such a situation. The author managed to find true beauty and redeeming emotions in this all too common and sad situation of our modern day. Depardieu is wonderful, the girl beautiful, the boy delightful.

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