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Beau Pere

Beau Pere

Drama · Romance · 1981

Rémi is a man trapped in a deteriorating marriage. When his wife is unexpectedly killed in a car accident, Rémi is left with his stepdaughter, Marion, who chooses to stay with him rather than live with her birth father. After the initial shock passes, Rémi is caught off-guard when Marion begins expressing her attraction to him. Initially repulsed, Marion's mature beauty wears him down as he finally caves to her seductions.

Movie details

Beau Pere

1981 Drama · Romance 2h 3m

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6.4 / 10

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Rémi is a man trapped in a deteriorating marriage. When his wife is unexpectedly killed in a car accident, Rémi is left with his stepdaughter, Marion, who chooses to stay with him rather than live with her birth father. After the initial shock passes, Rémi is caught off-guard when Marion begins expressing her attraction to him. Initially repulsed, Marion's mature beauty wears him down as he finally caves to her seductions.

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The people responsible.

Directed by

Bertrand Blier

Written by

Bertrand Blier

Patrick Dewaere

Patrick Dewaere

Rémi

Ariel Besse

Ariel Besse

Marion

Maurice Ronet

Maurice Ronet

Charly

Geneviève Mnich

Geneviève Mnich

Simone

Maurice Risch

Maurice Risch

Nicolas

Nathalie Baye

Nathalie Baye

Charlotte

Nicole Garcia

Nicole Garcia

Martine

Court is in session

Put Beau Pere on trial.

Two incompatible taste archetypes. One film. Read the arguments, then issue a completely binding cultural ruling.

The defence The Prestige Tourist

“Sincerity is not manipulation.”

The film risks embarrassment to make emotion communal, and that openness is harder than fashionable detachment.

The prosecution The Popcorn Loyalist

“The strings are showing.”

Every cue tells you exactly what to feel and when, leaving sentiment to do the work character should have done.