My Father's Glory (1990)

Original title

La Gloire de mon Père

Directed by

Yves Robert

Genre

comedy film

Country

France

Runtime

1h 45m

Rated

G

Rating

7.3 of 10 from 337 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

This is the childhood story of a boy named Marcel. It follows his family's summer holidays in the Provence countryside. The film focuses on his father, a schoolteacher, and the simple pleasures of family life.

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What happens

My Father's Glory (original title: French: La Gloire de mon père) is a 1990 French film directed by Yves Robert, based on the autobiographical novel My Father's Glory by Marcel Pagnol. The sequel, which was also filmed by Robert in 1990, is My Mother's Castle (Le Château de ma mère). Both films are based on the cycle Souvenirs d'enfance, started in 1957. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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