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Father and Guns (2009)

Father and Guns poster
Original title
De père en flic
Directed by
Émile Gaudreault
Genre
crime comedy film
Country
Canada
Runtime
1h 46m
Rated
PG
Rating
6.2 of 10 from 41 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb
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How it feels

Two police officers who are father and son can't stand each other. They have to go undercover at a therapy camp for fathers and sons. Working together helps them fix their broken relationship.

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What happens

Father and Guns (French: De père en flic) is a Canadian comedy film originating from Quebec that was released in 2009. Directed by Émile Gaudreault, the film stars Michel Côté and Louis-José Houde as Jacques and Marc Laroche, feuding father and son police officers who are forced to re-evaluate their relationship when they are paired up on an undercover assignment in a father-son adventure therapy camp. The film's cast also includes Caroline Dhavernas, Rémy Girard, Robin Aubert, Pierre Collin and Patrick Drolet. The film took in over $11 million at the box office, becoming the highest-grossing French-language film in Canadian history. A sequel film, Father and Guns 2 (De père en flic 2), was released in 2017. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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