La Gloire de Mon Pere

Based on "Memories of Childhood", autobiographical stories by filmmaker, playwright and author Marcel Pagnol (Jean de Florette, Manon of the Spring), My Father's Glory... more >

Based on "Memories of Childhood", autobiographical stories by filmmaker, playwright and author Marcel Pagnol (Jean de Florette, Manon of the Spring), My Father's Glory is the heartwarming story of a loving family and a happy childhood. Directed by Robert Yves and narrated by Marcel as an adult, the film takes place at a time when life was simple and the possibilities endless. It is the story of 11-year old Marcel (Julien Ciamaca) who spends his summer vacation with his family in the south of France and comes away with a deeper understanding of nature and a stronger bond with Joseph (Phillippe Caubere), his intelligent and funny schoolteacher father. Set around the turn-of-the-century, the film has an impeccable sense of time and place and you are guaranteed to fall in love with the humming cicadas, the fig and olive trees, and the rocky crags of Provence.

Marcel's relationship with his father is warm and loving but takes on an added dimension when he sees his father shoot down two rare partridges during a hunting trip and show them off to the village. Marcel soon develops a friendship with Lili des Bellons (Joris Molinas), a local boy of his own age. Lili teaches Marcel about the hills and woods of the French countryside and Marcel tells Lili about department stores and other strange goings-on in the big city. Their relationship is so real that when they part company at the end of summer, there is an atmosphere of abiding sadness. Beautifully acted, superbly photographed, and enhanced with an evocative score by Vladimir Cosma, My Father's Glory is... well…glorious.
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Nathalie Roussel, Philippe Caubere, Didier Pain

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