Beau-père (1981)

Awards
- 1 win & 2 nominations

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Patrick Dewaere

Rémi Bachelier

Ariel Besse

Marion

Maurice Ronet

Charly

Geneviève Mnich

Simone
(as Genevieve Mnich)

Maurice Risch

Nicolas

Macha Méril

La maîtresse de maison (anniversaire)
(as Macha Meril)

Rose Thiéry

Madame Doullens
(as Rose Thiery)

Pierre Le Rumeur

Le pédiatre
(as Pierre Lerumeur)

Yves Gasc

Monsieur Doullens

Michel Berto

Le professeur

Catherine Alcover

La doctoresse de SOS Médecins

Henri-Jacques Huet

Le gérant du restaurant international

Jacques Rispal

Le chauffeur de taxi

Nathalie Baye

Charlotte

Nicole Garcia

Martine

Sandrine Dumas

La fille de l'anniversaire

Guy Teissere

Un client de la boîte de nuit

Alan Adair

Petit rôle
(uncredited)

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Trivia
Ariel Besse was only 15 when she made this film and performed the nude scenes. It was her first role. Her parents sued the distributors for the poster, which shows her breasts, as it was exhibited on billboards around France without their permission. They lost the case.

Alternate versions
Fabrice Luchini appeared in the film as a homosexual but his scenes were deleted.

Connections
Referenced in 36 fillette (1988)

Soundtracks
Beau-Père
Written by Philippe Sarde
Voice by Patrick Dewaere

Blier is not my favorite French director. Too much irony and too much Godard-a-like in his films. But this one is very different. It's written with great intelligence and, like in most of the French Cinema, it had a wonderful sense of reality. The subject is touchy : a man falls in love with a young teenager (14 years old). But here, we have not the classic Lolita. The young girl looks realistic, and so is her feelings. Superb acting and a great musical score.