How I Killed My Father

How I Killed My Father
Film poster
Directed by	Anne Fontaine
Produced by	Philippe Carcassonne
Written by	Jacques Fieschi Anne Fontaine
Starring	Charles Berling Michel Bouquet Natacha Régnier
Music by	Jocelyn Pook
Cinematography	Jean-Marc Fabre
Edited by	Guy Lecorne
Production company	Ciné B France 2 Cinéma
Distributed by	Pathé
Release dates	8 August 2001 (2001-08-08) (Locarno) 19 September 2001 (2001-09-19) (France)
Running time	98 minutes
Country	France
Language	French
Budget	$4.4 million
Box office	$3 million

How I Killed My Father (French: Comment j'ai tué mon père) is a 2001 French thriller-drama film directed by Anne Fontaine.

Plot

Jean-Luc (Charles Berling), an established gerontologist, considers his father Maurice dead. He lost him, when he left his wife and children to work as a physician in Africa. Suddenly the father appears again. Maurice (Michel Bouquet) is bankrupt and moves into his son's home for several days. He annoys Jean-Luc with compliments that sound like accusations. Or is it Jean-Luc that always hears irony? His wife likes the senior immediately, and even Jean-Luc's younger brother accepts him. Jean-Luc would like to kill his father but...

Cast

• Charles Berling as Jean-Luc
• Michel Bouquet as Maurice
• Natacha Régnier as Isa
• Stéphane Guillon as Patrick
• Amira Casar as Myriem
• François Berléand as un patient
• Hubert Koundé as Jean-Toussaint
• Karole Rocher as Laetitia

External links

• How I Killed My Father at IMDb