''Father and Guns (french: De père en flic, italic=yes)'' is a Canadian
comedy
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Émile Gaudreault
Émile Gaudreault, ( born March 6, 1964) is a Quebec director, author, screenwriter and producer. Since 1994, he has been directing, writing and producing feature films as well as episodes for television series. Several of his films have won awar ...
as Jacques and Marc Laroche, feuding father and son
police officer
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s who are forced to re-evaluate their relationship when they are paired up on an undercover assignment in a father-son
adventure therapy
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camp.
The film's cast also includes
Caroline Dhavernas
Caroline Dhavernas (; born May 15, 1978) is a Canadian actress. She is best known in the United States for her collaborations with Bryan Fuller. She played Jaye Tyler in the Fox comedy-drama series ''Wonderfalls'', and Alana Bloom in the NBC psych ...
Robin Aubert
Robin Aubert (born May 13, 1972) is a Canadian actor, screenwriter and film director.
,
Pierre Collin
Pierre Collin (July 18, 1938 – July 27, 2023) was a Canadian actor and stage director."Pierre C ...
and
Patrick Drolet
Patrick Drolet is a Canadian film and television actor. His credits include the films ''Father and Guns (De père en flic)'', ''The Child Prodigy (L'Enfant prodige)'', ''All That You Possess (Tout ce que tu possèdes)'', '' Honey, I'm in Love (Le G ...
.
The film took in over $11 million at the box office, becoming the highest-grossing French-language film in Canadian history. A sequel film, ''
Montreal Gazette
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'', July 13, 2017.
Awards
The film was named the winner of the Golden Reel Award, for highest-grossing Canadian film of the year, at the
Best Original Screenplay
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