My father's fame

Movie
German title	My father's fame
Original title	La gloire de mon père
Country of production	France
original language	French
Publishing year	1990
length	105 minutes
Age rating	FSK 12
Rod
Director	Yves Robert
script	Louis Nucéra, Marcel Pagnol , Yves Robert, Jérôme Tonnerre
production	Alain Poiré
music	Vladimir Cosma
camera	Robert Alazraki
occupation
Philippe Caubère : Joseph Nathalie Roussel : Augustine Didier Pain : Uncle Jules Julien Ciamaca : Marcel Thérèse Liotard : Aunt Rose Joris Molinas : Lili des Bellons Victorien Delamare : Paul Paul Crauchet : Edmond des Papillons Benoît Martin : Marcel as a five year old Pierre Maguelon : François Raoul Curet : Monsieur Vincent Maxim Lombard : Monsieur Arnaud Michèle Loubet : Mademoiselle Guimard René Loyon : Monsieur Besson
chronology
Successor  → My mother's castle

My Father's Fame is a French feature film from 1990. It is the first part of the film adaptation of the autobiographical novel A Childhood in Provence by Marcel Pagnol . The second part followed in the same year with My Mother's Castle .

action

Marcel was born to a teacher and a seamstress. He takes part in class at an early age and thus learns to read on the side. When he was 11, his parents and uncle Jules rent a house in Provence. Marcel, his brother Paul, his sister, his parents as well as Aunt Rose, Uncle Jules and their baby spend the summer holidays there. Marcel gets to know Edmond from the Butterflies (Edmond des Papillons) and Lili. He soon became friends with Lili and through him he got to know the environment and nature intensively. Marcel secretly accompanies the hunters so that his father, who is inexperienced in hunting, is not outdone by Uncle Jules. By chance he scares up Alpine stone hens and his father meets two of them. The father adorns himself with the fame of this hunt and Marcel is glad that he contributed to it.

criticism

The lexicon of international films describes the film as "lovingly staged". The “film, carried by delicate humor, impresses above all with its beautifully photographed landscape shots and the sensitive and natural play of the actors”.

Awards

My father's fame was awarded the Golden Space Needle for Best Picture at the Seattle International Film Festival . The triple nomination for the French César in the same year did not lead to a prize in any category.

Web links

• My Father's Glory in the Internet Movie Database (English)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ My Father's Glory. In: Lexicon of International Films . Film service , accessed March 2, 2017 .