How I Killed My Father
How I Killed My Father () is a 2001 French thriller drama film directed by Anne Fontaine. Plot
Jean-Luc, an established gerontologist, has not had any contact with his father, Maurice, for many years and thinks he is dead. Jean-Luc lost touch when his father left his family to work as a physician in Africa. Without notice, the father reappears. He is bankrupt and moves into his son's home for several days. He annoys Jean-Luc with compliments that sound like accusations. Or is it Jean-Luc that always hears irony? His wife likes the senior immediately, and even Jean-Luc's younger brother accepts him. Jean-Luc would like to kill his father but... Cast
Charles Berling as Jean-Luc
Michel Bouquet as Maurice
Natacha Régnier as Isa
Stéphane Guillon as Patrick
Amira Casar as Myriem
Hubert Koundé as Jean-Toussaint
Karole Rocher as Laetitia
François Berléand as The patient

Reception
The review aggregator Rotten Tomatoes reported that 89% of critics have given the film a positive review based on 44 reviews, with an average rating of 7.2/10. The site's critics consensus reads: "How I Killed My Father is a penetrating character study of father-son ties". On Metacritic, the film has a weighted average score of 78 out of 100 based on 18 critics, indicating "generally favorable reviews". Elvis Mitchell of The New York Times said that "[the film is a] kind of murder mystery, but eventually the only victim is the audience's interest -- the picture is uncompromising and inauspicious". Lisa Schwarzbaum of Entertainment Weekly commented that "[t]he script is a steady accretion of small stabs to the heart, propelling the gorgeous performances of Berling, Regnier, and especially the 76-year-old French cinema veteran Bouquet, whose every faint smile is killing". Ty Burr of The Boston Globe wrote "Hushed but scalpel-sharp drama, a [film] that'll probably send men in the audience home much quieter than they arrived". References

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2001 thriller films
French thriller films
Films directed by Anne Fontaine
Films scored by Jocelyn Pook
2000s French-language films
2000s French films
Films produced by Philippe Carcassonne