My Father Saved My Life

My Father Saved My Life (2001)

Drama

Novelist and filmmaker Jose Giovanni turned to the remarkable true story of how his father helped him escape a date with the guillotine for this drama, which is based closely on events from his own life. During World War II, Manu (Vincent Lecoeur, as a character Giovanni modeled after himself) fought with the French Resistance, but near the end of the war he fell into a life of crime, and in 1947, 22-year-old Manu was arrested for his part in a bungled robbery that left a man dead. While Manu did not pull the fatal trigger, he refuses to say who did, since it would mean implicating his uncle, one of the few members of his family who has stood by him; Manu's brother is dead, and he turned his back on his father Joe (Bruno Cremer) years ago. Manu is sentenced to death, and while he protests his innocence, his attempts to escape from prison do little to convince anyone that he's telling the truth.

Director: José Giovanni

Casts

	Bruno Cremer as Joe
	Vincent Lecœur as Manu
	Rufus as Grinval
	Michelle Goddet as Emilie
	Nicolas Abraham as Maître Hecquet
	Maria Pitarresi as Doriane Teneraux
	Eric Defosse as Manouche
	Cédric Chevalme as Barthy
	Gabriel Briand as Owner of the bistro
	Charlotte Kady as The prostitute
	François Perrot as Santos
	Philippe Duclos as Cobra Overseer
	Philippe Saïd as The liberated
	Lucien Abbet as L'Espagnol

Crew