''Les Compères'' (;
English title: ComDads) is a 1983
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comedy film written and directed by
Francis Veber
Francis Paul Veber (born 28 July 1937) is a French film director, screenwriter and producer, and playwright. He has written and directed both French and American films. Nine French-language films with which he has been involved, as either writ ...
, and starring
Gérard Depardieu
Gérard Xavier Marcel Depardieu, CQ (, , ; born 27 December 1948) is a French actor, filmmaker, businessman and vineyard owner since 1989 who is one of the most prolific thespians in film history having completed over 250 films since 1967 alm ...
,
Pierre Richard and
Anny Duperey. The film had 4,847,229 admissions in France.
In 1997, this movie was remade as ''
Fathers' Day
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'' in the US. When it was released in the U.S. in the summer of 1984, it received negative reviews from many critics. Siskel & Ebert gave it two resounding "thumbs down" marks on their TV show, stating that the movie was "basically a French sitcom" and had too many stupid characters.
Plot
A teenaged boy has run away from home. His father is ineffective at finding him, so his mother contacts two former lovers from around the time her son was conceived, telling them both that the child is their son and asking them to look for him. One of them (Depardieu) is a tough
journalist investigating
the Mafia, while the other (Richard) is a timid former teacher who was on the verge of committing
suicide
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when he received the telephone call. The two former boyfriends finally meet, and together they locate the son. They both argue who is really the father. In the end the son tells both Depardieu and Richard (while the other is out of earshot) that his mother thinks that he is the father. Thus, the son adopts both of them as his fathers, and also reconciles with his real father.
Cast
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Pierre Richard — Francois Pignon
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Gérard Depardieu
Gérard Xavier Marcel Depardieu, CQ (, , ; born 27 December 1948) is a French actor, filmmaker, businessman and vineyard owner since 1989 who is one of the most prolific thespians in film history having completed over 250 films since 1967 alm ...
— Jean Lucas
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Anny Duperey — Christine
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Michel Aumont — Paul
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Stephane Bierry — Tristan
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Roland Blanche
Roland Blanche (31 December 1943 – 13 September 1999) was a French actor.
Filmography
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1943 births
1999 deaths
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— Jeannot
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Philippe Khorsand — Milan
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— Ralph
Trivia
*The title translates literally as "The Accomplices." It is a pun, as the word "père" means "father" in French, and moreover "compère" would mean something like "co-father", "confather", with the same (Latin) prefix as the English con-/com-/co- in words like "confederate", "accomplice", "co-conspirator", etc.
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1983 films
French crime comedy films
1980s French-language films
Films directed by Francis Veber
Films scored by Vladimir Cosma
1980s crime comedy films
1980s buddy comedy films
1983 comedy films
1980s French films
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