Release Date

25 Apr, 2001

Runtime

01:55: (HH:MM)

Synopsis

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.

Original Title

Mon père, il m'a sauvé la vie

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Actors

Bruno Cremer

Vincent Lecœur

Rufus

Michelle Goddet

Nicolas Abraham

Maria Pitarresi

Eric Defosse

Cédric Chevalme

Gabriel Briand

Charlotte Kady

François Perrot

Philippe Duclos

Philippe Saïd

Lucien Abbet

Crew

José Giovanni

José Giovanni

Bertrand Tavernier

Christine Gozlan

Surghjenti

Alain Choquart

Maguy Aimé

Roland Deville

Vincent Grand d'Esnon

Jacqueline Bouchard

Françoise Chapuis-Asselin

Christine Leaustic

Vincent Arnardi

Alain Sarde