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| La Gloire De Mon Pere [1990] | ![La Gloire De Mon Pere [1990]](http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51WX0NCNJCL._SL160_.jpg)
 enlarge | Director: Yves Robert
Actors: Phillippe Caubere, Nathalie Roussel, Didier Pain, Therese Liotard
Studio: Second Sight Films Ltd.
Category: DVD
List Price: £19.99
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Avg. Customer Rating:  8 reviews
Sales Rank: 1253
Format: Anamorphic, Pal, Widescreen
Languages: English (Subtitled), French (Original Language)
Rating: Universal, suitable for all
Running Time: 106 minutes
Number Of Items: 1
Aspect Ratio: 1.78:1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 7.1 x 5.4 x 0.6
EAN: 5028836030645
ASIN: B0001GNJCY
Theatrical Release Date: 1990
Release Date: April 19, 2004
Availability: Usually dispatched within 6 to 9 days
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 Steeped in the scenery and ambience of Provence and childhood innocence April 14, 2008
3 out of 3 found this review helpful
Unbelievably beautiful scenery and photography, childhood holidays seen through slightly embellished memories...as one does. I've seen it several times and hope to live long enough for another few viewings.
A delightful film October 9, 2007
6 out of 6 found this review helpful
A delightful film - taking you back to the way things were - or you hoped they were when you were young. Innocence, charm and above all a wonderful feeling of freedom and safety.
There are scenes that are typically French that deal with hunting that not everyone will enjoy, but this is the way of life in France, even today.
We loved it, including the sub-titles to help our faltering French. Cant wait to see Le Chateau de ma Mere.
Bitter sweet evocation of an earlier era January 19, 2007
20 out of 21 found this review helpful
I enjoyed this film and, unlike some reviewers, needed the sub-titles. The film evokes beautifully an earlier, more innocent and simpler way of life through the eyes of a young boy who idolizes his father. It could have been an overly sentimental depiction of an idyllic family holiday but avoided this with realistic touches of human faults and frailties.
A friendship that develops between the city-boy on holiday and a resourceful country lad who shows the former how to survive in the wild adds interest to the main story of the father-son relationship.
The unusual French scenery of rugged, rocky mountains and the wild-life that lives there are part of the pleasure of the film and inject a dark and sinister element that adds piquancy.
 Subtitles! December 1, 2006
22 out of 35 found this review helpful
La Gloire de mon pere & Le chateau de ma mere - two films I was looking forward to. What a disapponment! This particular edition (Second Sight) has subtitles which cannot be turned off - the beautiful landscapes, etc are marred by these very noticeable subtitles! It was an expensive mistake.
Purity of Innocence June 29, 2006
26 out of 26 found this review helpful
I think this is how I would qualify this film! Purity of Innocence! Pagnol has written very honest and sincere chapters of his life in La Gloire de Mon Pere, Le Chateau De Ma Mere, Le Temps des Secrets and Le Temps des Amours. These are all master piece of french literature but La Gloire de Mon is by far the best of the four books! I watched this in the 90's and just bought it again and it made me relived the innocence of my childhood. The movie is as good as the book and the characters are flawless! Marcel's dad, mum and Petit Paul have been cast exceptionally well and the oncle Jules is definitely a delight. But above all it is about the valleys, the hills, the fields, the food, the holidays, the retreat in the hills and friendship... But most importantly about the mesmering landscape of the Southern of France .... The director does a very good job in leading the cast through the world of Pagnol and follows the book religiously. The only downside is that the translation is bang on the screen! This DVD should have the option of either with or without translation hence a 4 star .. else get ready to be lost in the world of Pagnol.
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