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My Father the Hero 1991 2 and a half stars

    N/R, 105 min.
Genre: Foreign / Comedy
Director: Gerard Lauzier
Cast: Gerard Depardieu, Marie Gillain, Patrick Mille, Catherine Jacob, Charlotte de Turckheim, Gerard Herold, Thierry Der'ven, Franck-Olivier Bonnet, Jean-Francois Rangasamy, Koomaren Chetty

  Andre (Gerard Depardieu), trying to make up not being around for her, takes his 14-year-old daughter, Veronique (Marie Gillain), to a resort. In order to win over a windsurfer, she fabricates that she is older than she is, that she in Andre's lover, and that Andre is a dying gangster. After Andre finds out about the stories, he goes along with her story. Remade in English in 1994 with Depardieu returning as Andre.

Quest for Fire 1981 3 and a half stars

    R, 97 min.
Genre: Sci-Fi
Director: Jean-Jacques Annaud
Cast: Everett McGill, Rae Dawn Chong, Ron Perlman, Nameer El-Kadi, Gary Schwartz, Franck-Olivier Bonnet

  Early humans and their attempts to harness fire is the subject of this film. Communication is through grunts, groans, and gestures as our ancestors fight for survival.

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1. My Father the Hero (1991)
2. Quest for Fire (1981)

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