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My Father Saved My Life

My Father Saved My Life

2001

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Categories:

  • Drama

Overview:

Novelist and filmmaker Jose Giovanni turned to the remarkable true story of how his father helped him escape a date with the guillotine for this drama, which is based closely on events from his own life. During World War II, Manu (Vincent Lecoeur, as a character Giovanni modeled after himself) fought with the French Resistance, but near the end of the war he fell into a life of crime, and in 1947, 22-year-old Manu was arrested for his part in a bungled robbery that left a man dead. While Manu did not pull the fatal trigger, he refuses to say who did, since it would mean implicating his uncle, one of the few members of his family who has stood by him; Manu's brother is dead, and he turned his back on his father Joe (Bruno Cremer) years ago. Manu is sentenced to death, and while he protests his innocence, his attempts to escape from prison do little to convince anyone that he's telling the truth.

José Giovanni

Director, Writer

Bertrand Tavernier

Writer

Cast:

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  • Bruno Cremer

    Bruno Cremer

    Joe
  • Vincent Lecœur

    Vincent Lecœur

    Manu
  • Rufus

    Rufus

    Grinval
  • Michelle Goddet

    Michelle Goddet

    Emilie
  • Nicolas Abraham

    Nicolas Abraham

    Maître Hecquet
  • Maria Pitarresi

    Maria Pitarresi

    Doriane Teneraux