La Fête des pères (1990)

La Fête des pères is a French comedy romance film first released in 1990, directed by Joy Fleury.  The film stars Thierry Lhermitte, Alain Souchon, Gunilla Karlzen, Rémi Martin and Micheline Presle.  It has also been released under the title: Fathers’ Day.  Our overall rating for this film is: very poor.


Thomas and Stéphane are a gay couple who, having spent five years together, feel the time is right to have a child.  When their plan to adopt a baby in Martinique falls through they appeal to a young woman, Carole, to provide them with their cherished offspring.  Eager to escape from her aggressive boyfriend, Carole accepts the offer, but insists that artificial insemination is out of the question…

Not only is the film not remotely funny, it is also hideously offensive to anyone with an IQ greater than 5.  Who in their right minds would cast Thierry Lhermitte and Alain Souchon as a gay couple?  At least the two actors are sufficiently canny not to descend to the obvious stereotypes, but even so they are totally unconvincing and do little to endear themselves to the audience.  Add to that a totally diabolical piece of scriptwriting, whose flaws the complacent direction can only emphasise, and what you get is a pretty ghastly cinematic experience.  What an empty, time-wasting piece of nonsense.  There ought to be a law against this kind of thing.

© James Travers 2004

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