Les Compères
| Les Compères | |
|---|---|
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| Directed by | Francis Veber |
| Produced by | Jean-Claude Bourlat |
| Written by | Francis Veber |
| Starring |
Gérard Depardieu Pierre Richard Anny Duperey |
| Music by | Vladimir Cosma |
| Cinematography | Claude Agostini |
| Edited by | Marie-Sophie Dubus |
| Distributed by | European International |
Release dates |
23 November 1983 (France) 1 March 1984 (U.S.) |
Running time | 92 min. |
| Country | France |
| Language | French |
Les Compères (English title: ComDads) is a 1983 French comedy film written and directed by Francis Veber, and starring Gérard Depardieu, Pierre Richard and Anny Duperey. The film had 4,847,229 admissions in France.[1]
In 1997, this movie was remade as Fathers' Day in the US.
Plot
A teenaged boy has run away from home. His father is ineffective at finding him, so his mother contacts two former lovers from around the time her son was conceived, telling them both that the child is their son and asking them to look for him. One of them (Depardieu) is a tough journalist investigating the Mafia, while the other (Richard) is a timid former teacher who was on the verge of committing suicide when he received the telephone call. The two former boyfriends finally meet, and together they locate the son. They both argue who is really the father. In the end the son tells both Depardieu and Richard (while the other is out of earshot) that his mother thinks that he is the father. Thus, the son adopts both of them as his fathers, and also reconciles with his real father.
Cast
- Pierre Richard — Francois Pignon
- Gérard Depardieu — Jean Lucas
- Anny Duperey — Christine
- Michel Aumont — Paul
- Stephane Bierry — Tristan
- Roland Blanche — Jeannot
- Philippe Khorsand — Milan
- Jean-Jacques Scheffer — Ralph
Trivia
- The title translates literally as "The Accomplices." It is a pun, as the word "père" means "father" in French, and moreover "compère" would mean something like "co-father", "confather", with the same (Latin) prefix as the English con-/com-/co- in words like "confederate", "accomplice", "co-conspirator", etc.