| How I Killed My Father | |
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| Directed by | Anne Fontaine | 
| Produced by | Philippe Carcassonne | 
| Written by | Jacques Fieschi Anne Fontaine | 
| Starring | Charles Berling Michel Bouquet Natacha Régnier | 
| Music by | Jocelyn Pook | 
| Cinematography | Jean-Marc Fabre | 
| Edited by | Guy Lecorne | 
| Production company | Ciné B France 2 Cinéma | 
| Distributed by | Pathé | 
| Release date | 
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| Running time | 98 minutes | 
| Country | France | 
| Language | French | 
| Budget | $4.4 million | 
| Box office | $3 million | 
How I Killed My Father (French: Comment j'ai tué mon père) is a 2001 French thriller-drama film directed by Anne Fontaine.
Jean-Luc (Charles Berling), an established gerontologist, considers his father Maurice dead. He lost him, when he left his wife and children to work as a physician in Africa. Suddenly the father appears again. Maurice (Michel Bouquet) 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...