Father and Guns
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| Directed by | Émile Gaudreault |
| Produced by | Daniel Louis Denise Robert |
| Written by | Émile Gaudreault Ian Lauzon |
| Starring | Michel Côté Louis-José Houde Rémy Girard Caroline Dhavernas Robin Aubert Patrick Drolet |
| Music by | FM Le Sieur |
| Distributed by | Alliance Vivafilm |
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107 minutes |
| Country | Canada |
| Language | French and English |
| Budget | CAD $6 million |
Father and Guns (French: De père en flic) is a Canadian comedy film originating from Quebec that was released in 2009. Directed by Émile Gaudreault, the film stars Michel Côté and Louis-José Houde as Jacques and Marc Laroche, feuding father and son police officers who are forced to re-evaluate their relationship when they are paired up on an undercover assignment in a father-son adventure therapy camp.
The film's cast also includes Caroline Dhavernas, Rémy Girard, Robin Aubert, Pierre Collin and Patrick Drolet.
The film took in over $11 million at the box office, becoming the highest-grossing French-language film in Canadian history.[1] A sequel film, Father and Guns 2 (De père en flic 2), was released in 2017.[2]
Awards
The film was named the winner of the Golden Reel Award, for highest-grossing Canadian film of the year, at the 30th Genie Awards. Girard and Drolet also garnered Best Supporting Actor nominations, and Gaudreault and Ian Lauzon were nominated for Best Original Screenplay.
References
- ↑ "Quebec's box-office champ: Émile Gaudreault" Archived 2009-12-29 at the Wayback Machine. Xtra!, November 27, 2009.
- ↑ "De père en flic 2: Michel Côté, Louis-José Houde have a family reunion". Montreal Gazette, July 13, 2017.
External links
- Lua error in Module:WikidataCheck at line 28: attempt to index field 'wikibase' (a nil value). Father and Guns at IMDb
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