Rent How I Killed My Father (2001)
3.5 of 5 from 62 ratings
1h 34min
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- Synopsis:
- Jean-Luc, a highly successful doctor, thinks that he has forgotten his father. A father who left so long ago and who has been in touch so rarely... It's as if memory - or resentment - were a waste of time. But all of a sudden, Maurice reappears from his long exile. he displays no remorse. Without any apparent misgivings, he tries to re-enter his children's lives. He views jean-Luc's life and world with a detachment that verges on cruelty. As the situation worsens, Jean-Luc begins to question what right his father has to judge his affluent lifestyle. In the face of this father who charms, disgusts and rejects him, Jean-Luc can no longer avoid confronting his own past.
- Actors:
- Michel Bouquet, Charles Berling, Natacha Régnier, Amira Casar, Stéphane Guillon, Hubert Koundé, Karole Rocher, Marie Micla, Nicole Evans, Philippe Lehembre, Pierre Londiche, Jean-Christophe Lemberton, Manoëlle Gaillard, Etienne Louvet, Claude Koener, Thierry de Carbonnières, Nathalie Mathis, Emanuel Booz, François Berléand
- Directors:
- Anne Fontaine
- Writers:
- Jacques Fieschi, Anne Fontaine
- Aka:
- Comment J'ai Tue Mon Pere
- Studio:
- 20th Century Fox
- Genres:
- Drama
- Collections:
- Female Filmmakers Who Changed French Cinema, Films by Genre
- Countries:
- France
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Reviews (1) of How I Killed My Father
A very interesting study of charaters - How I Killed My Father review by CSF
Why a man would suddenly leave his happy family and would not contact them before 40 years? Are his two sons right to hate him? Who's the worst one of them? At the end of the day, it is often the woman who is the real victim.
In this film, the men suffer for having only one life to live; the woman accepts the fact she has one life and tries to make the most of it but the men's aspiration is a major obstacle. The story is often cruel but never boring.
See it with friends and you would want to discuss it for a long time.
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