Monsieur Papa
5.5
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.
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Cast
13 people
Kad Merad
Robert Pique
Known for
Welcome to the Sticks
The Chorus
Michèle Laroque
Marie Vallois
Known for
Tenor
Honeymoon Crasher
Gaspard Meier-Chaurand
Marius Vallois
Known for
Voltaire High
In Her Hands
Vincent Perez
Jean-Laurent
Known for
The Crow: City of Angels
Shantaram
Judith El Zein
Sonia
Known for
What's in a Name
Superchondriac
Florence Maury
Chloé
Known for
The Tuche Family
Crime Is Our Business
Emmanuel Patron
Kléber, l'amant de Marie
Also in
The Man in the Iron Mask
Love (and Trouble) In Paris
Patrick Bonnel
Patrick
Known for
Asterix: The Secret of the Magic Potion
On the Other Side of the Tracks
Myriam Boyer
Suzy Benchetritt
Known for
Double Lover
Serie Noire
Christophe Kourotchkine
Fred
Known for
Voltaire High
A Very Secret Service
Lucie Laurier
Corinne
Known for
Bon Cop Bad Cop 2
Seducing Doctor Lewis
Randiane Naly
Nadia
Known for
Chronicles of the Sun
The Outsider
Kad Merad Director · Emmanuelle Cosso-Merad Screenplay Luc Chaumar Story
Worldwide gross $3.8M · Budget $9.7M · United States release December 9, 2011
Box office
Budget
$9,700,000
Worldwide gross
$3,800,000
Gross vs. budget
0.4×
Production
Pathé
Production
Arcadia
Production
Eskwad
Production
M6 Films
Production
France
Produced in
Languages
Original language
French
Spoken on screen
French
Release dates
France · June 1, 2011
Theatrical
United States · December 9, 2011
Theatrical
France
October 19, 2011 · Physical · DVD & Blu-Ray
January 1, 2016 · Digital · VOD
May 14, 2021 · Digital · Disney+
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