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Monsieur Papa (2011)
Monsieur Papa is a moving portrait of a modern family, centering around 12 year-old Marius Vallois. Born in a wealthy family, Marius is the son of Marie Vallois, a successful CEO. Marie loves her son unconditionally, but Marius has never known his father and suffers greatly from it. When Marius starts shoplifting and doing badly at school, Marie decides to recruit a father figure for him. One day in her office building, she meets Robert Pique. Robert is a peculiar man who has a background in finance, but makes ends meet ironing clothes for his neighbors. Reluctant at first, Robert agrees to be paid to meet Marius and pretends to be his father. Marius immediately understands that Robert is not his dad, but very quickly, a deep bond develops between them.
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Monsieur Papa is a moving portrait of a modern family, centering around 12 year-old Marius Vallois. Born in a wealthy family, Marius is the son of Marie Vallois, a successful CEO. Marie loves her son unconditionally, but Marius has never known his father and suffers greatly from it. When Marius starts shoplifting and doing badly at school, Marie decides to recruit a father figure for him. One day in her office building, she meets Robert Pique. Robert is a peculiar man who has a background in finance, but makes ends meet ironing clothes for his neighbors. Reluctant at first, Robert agrees to be paid to meet Marius and pretends to be his father. Marius immediately understands that Robert is not his dad, but very quickly, a deep bond develops between them.
Rating:PG
Genre:Comedy
Written By:Emmanuelle Cosso-Merad
In Theaters:12/9/2011
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Runtime:90 minutes
Studio:Pathé, Arcadia, Eskwad, M6 Films
Cast
Kad Merad
Director
Kad Merad
Robert Pique
Michèle Laroque
Marie Vallois
Gaspard Meier-Chaurand
Marius Vallois
Vincent Perez
Jean-Laurent
Judith El Zein
Sonia
Florence Maury
Chloé
Emmanuel Patron
Kléber, l'amant de Marie
Patrick Bonnel
Patrick
Myriam Boyer
Suzy Benchetritt
Christophe Kourotchkine
Fred
Lucie Laurier
Corinne
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