Monsieur Papa

Monsieur Papa

90 mins | Comedy | June 1, 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.

Monsieur Papa

90 mins | Comedy | June 1, 2011

Monsieur Papa
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.
IMDb rating 5.5
Producers Pathé!, Arcadia
Original title Monsieur Papa
Directors Kad Merad
Writers Luc Chaumar, Anne Valton

Cast

Kad Merad

as Robert Pique

Michèle Laroque

as Marie Vallois

Vincent Perez

as Jean-Laurent

Judith El Zein

as Sonia

Arnaud Duléry

as Le responsable de la sécurité