Stepfather

– Rémi is a man trapped in a deteriorating marriage. When his wife is unexpectedly killed in a car ac..

Type:
Movie
Rating:
7.10 / 10
Duration:
2 Hours and 3 Minutes
Release Year:
1981
Original Name:
Beau-père
Stepfather (1981) - Also known as Beau-père

Rémi is a man trapped in a deteriorating marriage. When his wife is unexpectedly killed in a car accident, Rémi is left with his stepdaughter, Marion, who chooses to stay with him rather than live with her birth father. After the initial shock passes, Rémi is caught off-guard when Marion begins expressing her attraction to him. Initially repulsed, Marion's mature beauty wears him down as he finally caves to her seductions.

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Stepfather (1981) - Trailer

Release Date:

11 Oct 1981

Language:

French

Director:

Bertrand Blier

Writer:

Bertrand Blier, Bertrand Blier (novel)

Main Actors:

Patrick Dewaere, Ariel Besse, Maurice Ronet, Geneviève Mnich

Plot:

Remy is morose, nearing 30 with his career as a musician going nowhere and his eight-year marriage to Martine souring. Then, Martine dies in a car crash, and Marion, her 14-year-old, wants to stay rather than move to her father's. Remy likes the idea: he loves her, he's raised her, and she offers him emotional responsibility. Marion's father objects, but she's willful, so he relents. Soon, she tells Remy she finds him attractive, that she's now "a woman," and why can't they be lovers. Remy is appalled, but weakens, missing her when she spends Christmas with her dad. What if they do become lovers? What next? And what if a women more his age enters the picture?

Awards:

1 win & 2 nominations.

Production:

Media Home Entertainment

Ratings:
Internet Movie Database:
7.1/10
Rotten Tomatoes:
80%