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Family Hero

Country: France, Language: French, 103 mins

Original Title

Le Héros de la Famille
  • Director: Thierry Klifa
  • Writer: Christopher Thompson
  • Producer: Saïd Ben Saïd

CGiii Comment

With a few edits - the drag scene especially - and a collaborative re-write, this could have been quite special...but, it's not.

Lazy filmmaking.


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The(ir) Blurb...

Family and friends gather to mourn the death of a cross-dressing cabaret owner.

Cast & Characters

Gerard Lanvin as Nicky Guazzini;
Catherine Deneuve as Alice Mirmont;
Emmanuelle Beart as Lea O'Connor;
Miou-Miou as Simone Garcia;
Michael Cohen as Nino Bensalem;
Geraldine Pailhas as Marianne Bensalem;
Claude Brasseur as Gabriel Stern;
Valerie Lemercier as Pamela;
Pierrick Lilliu as Fabrice;
Gilles Lellouche as Jerome;
Claire Maurier as Colette;
Pierre Perrier as Raphael;
Lorenzo Balducci as Frankie;
Gregoire Oestermann as Antoine;
Eleonore Gosset as Vera