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My Father Saved My Life (2001)

ALL 04/25/2001 (fr) Drama 115 Min
  • Release
    04/25/2001
  • Production
  • Rotten tomato
    70%
  • Original title
    Mon père, il m'a sauvé la vie
  • Original language
    fr
  • Production Cost
  • 0.00
    -

Overview

Novelist and filmmaker Jose Giovanni turned to the remarkable true story of how his father helped him escape a date with the guillotine for this drama, which is based closely on events from his own life. During World War II, Manu (Vincent Lecoeur, as a character Giovanni modeled after himself) fought with the French Resistance, but near the end of the war he fell into a life of crime, and in 1947, 22-year-old Manu was arrested for his part in a bungled robbery that left a man dead. While Manu did not pull the fatal trigger, he refuses to say who did, since it would mean implicating his uncle, one of the few members of his family who has stood by him; Manu's brother is dead, and he turned his back on his father Joe (Bruno Cremer) years ago. Manu is sentenced to death, and while he protests his innocence, his attempts to escape from prison do little to convince anyone that he's telling the truth.

  1. José Giovanni

    Director

  2. Story

  3. Editor

  4. Producer



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  1. Bruno Cremer

    Joe

  2. Vincent Lecœur

    Manu

  3. Rufus

    Grinval

  4. Michelle Goddet

    Emilie

  5. Nicolas Abraham

    Maître Hecquet

  6. Maria Pitarresi

    Doriane Teneraux

  7. Eric Defosse

    Manouche

  8. Cédric Chevalme

    Barthy

  9. Gabriel Briand

    Owner of the bistro

  10. Charlotte Kady

    The prostitute

  11. François Perrot

    Santos

  12. Philippe Duclos

    Cobra Overseer

  13. Philippe Saïd

    The liberated

  14. Lucien Abbet

    L'Espagnol

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Casts : 14 , Crews : 1

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My Father Saved My Life (2001) 115 Min

ALL 04/25/2001 (fr)
Drama
  • Release 04/25/2001
  • Production
  • Original title Mon père, il m'a sauvé la vie
  • fr
  • Revenue0.00

Overview

Novelist and filmmaker Jose Giovanni turned to the remarkable true story of how his father helped him escape a date with the guillotine for this drama, which is based closely on events from his own life. During World War II, Manu (Vincent Lecoeur, as a character Giovanni modeled after himself) fought with the French Resistance, but near the end of the war he fell into a life of crime, and in 1947, 22-year-old Manu was arrested for his part in a bungled robbery that left a man dead. While Manu did not pull the fatal trigger, he refuses to say who did, since it would mean implicating his uncle, one of the few members of his family who has stood by him; Manu's brother is dead, and he turned his back on his father Joe (Bruno Cremer) years ago. Manu is sentenced to death, and while he protests his innocence, his attempts to escape from prison do little to convince anyone that he's telling the truth.

  1. José Giovanni

    Director

  2. Story

  3. Editor

  4. Producer



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