My Father the Hero (original French title: Mon père, ce héros) is a 1991 French film directed by Gérard Lauzier and starring Gérard Depardieu. An English language remake of the movie was made in 1994 with Gérard Depardieu reprising his role.
The name of the film comes from a famous poem by the French poet Victor Hugo, "Mon père, ce héros," published in 1859.
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Plot
André, a Frenchman who is divorced from his wife, takes his beautiful 14-year-old daughter, Véronique, on vacation to Mauritius. She is desperate to appear as a woman and not a girl. In order to impress a local boy, Benjamin, she makes up more and more fantastic stories, starting with André being her lover – a sugar Daddy. André is desperate to make Véronique happy and so plays along with her increasingly elaborate invented stories about her life.
Cast
Gérard Depardieu as André Arnel
Marie Gillain as Véronique "Véro" Arnel
Catherine Jacob as Christelle
Patrick Mille as Benjamin
Charlotte de Turckheim as Irina
Gérard Hérold as Patrick
Jean-François Rangasamy as Pablo
Koomaren Chetty as Karim
Benoît Allemane
Production
Filmed on location on Mauritius, the film introduces Marie Gillain as the young Véronique earning her a nomination for the César Award for Most Promising Actress.