My Father the Hero 1994  PG, 90 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Steve Miner
Cast: Gerard Depardieu, Katherine Heigl, Dalton James, Lauren Hutton, Faith Prince, Stephen Tobolowsky, Ann Hearn, Robyn Peterson, Frank Renzulli, Manny Jacobs, Emma Thompson
Divorced Andre (Gerard Depardieu), realizing that he had not spent much time with his 14-year-old daughter, Nicole (Katherine Heigl), over the years, takes her to a resort in the Caribbean. Embarrassed to be seen with him, and bitter about their past estrangement, she makes up stories about him to a handsome 16-year-old boy, Ben (Dalton James). Included in the stories are that Andre is her lover, a spy, and other assorted tales. When fellow vacationers give him a cold shoulder, he is told by Nicole what she has done. He even goes along with the ruse. This is a remake of the French film "Mon Pere, Ce Heros," ("My Father the Hero") also starring Depardieu but not nearly as good as the original.
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My Father the Hero 1991  N/R, 105 min.
Genre: Foreign / Comedy
Director: Gerard Lauzier
Cast: Gerard Depardieu, Marie Gillain, Patrick Mille, Catherine Jacob, Charlotte de Turckheim, Gerard Herold, Thierry Der'ven, Franck-Olivier Bonnet, Jean-Francois Rangasamy, Koomaren Chetty
Andre (Gerard Depardieu), trying to make up not being around for her, takes his 14-year-old daughter, Veronique (Marie Gillain), to a resort. In order to win over a windsurfer, she fabricates that she is older than she is, that she in Andre's lover, and that Andre is a dying gangster. After Andre finds out about the stories, he goes along with her story. Remade in English in 1994 with Depardieu returning as Andre.
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