People are voting emotionally.

While it doesn't offer any answers, it both thrills and makes you think.

If you're interested in the topic at hand, you should just watch it and judge yourself because the reviews have gone very biased by people that didn't even watch it and just hate (or love) the creator. I liked it, it was well written, narrated, and directed and it was about a topic that interests me.

The best films of this genre always show a path and provide a takeaway for being a better person.

"My Father's Glory," also known in French as "La Gloire de mon père," is the first of a two part series of films based on famed playwright, novelist and filmmaker Marcel Pagnol's childhood memoirs set in turn of the century France. The sequel, "My Mother's Castle," is a continuation of the story of Marcel, Pagnol's protagonist, a young boy who grows up under the tutelage of his father, Joseph, a public school teacher in Marseilles. The story is narrated by an adult Marcel who comments on his own foibles along with his father, a confirmed atheist who is always getting into heated discussions with Uncle Jules, a feisty civil servant and religious Catholic who is initially seen courting and eventually marrying Marcel's Aunt Rose. Lost in the mix is Marcel's angelic mother, Augustine, a seamstress, who has little to do in either film (although she is slightly more prominent in the sequel). In addition to Marcel's younger brother, Paul, Marcel befriends a country boy, Lili, once the family begins making frequent pilgrimages up to their rented villa in the Provence countryside. Vincent Canby, in the original NY Times review, notes there are no harsh realities in Marcel's idyllic world: "Because it evokes a world from which all dread has been removed, it passes beyond the sentimental into the realm of mythic happiness. It doesn't avoid or soften harsh realities: they simply don't exist." While Canby is correct that "My Father's Glory" is "lightweight," this doesn't apply to the sequel, which I would say is considerably darker than "Act I."While charming, "My Father's Glory" goes on for way too long. Simply put, the sequences involving Joseph and Jules as they attempt to prove their prowess as hunters, is a big bore. Scenes of Marcel's sojourn in the countryside with buddy Lili, also could have been cut considerably. The film's stretched out climax, when Marcel leaves a note for his parents that he plans to run away, and then changes his mind, suggests to me that director Robert could have taken the highlights from the first part and combined it with the more compelling sequel and ended up with a very nice 2 ½ hour movie.If you have the patience to get through Part 1, you'll still be impressed by the charming characters, all portrayed by a coterie of highly professional actors.

This beautiful, charming work (and its companion MY MOTHER'S CASTLE) is lifted from the memoirs of filmmaker/screenwriter Marcel Pagnol.It is a loving, romanticized recreation of Pagnol's childhood trips to the south of France.Director Yves Robert ices every scene with sweet affection and a seemingly effortless attention to detail.There are so many moving, heart-tugging scenes.Describing them all would spoil the confection.I'll mention one. Young Marcel accompanies his father, Joseph, a school teacher, to school one day. Not believing that Marcel can read already, Joseph writes a simple declaration of his love for Marcel on the blackboard. Marcel then surprises his father by reading out loud what his father wrote. It is such a touching, affecting scene.MY FATHER'S GLORY is bursting to the seams with such magic.Vladimir Cosma's score perfectly captures the period and tone of Pagnol's memories.Simply exquisite.

The story is simple--it is about a young boy who spent his summers in the hills of Provence--yet it manages to tug the viewer at the heart. It is such a far cry from the families we see today who have no time to relate to each other. The boy's love for his father (and mother)clearly shines in this film.The father is a school teacher, an atheist, and a republican. But he is a loving husband and a great father to his children. The mother is shy and affectionate and is sensitive the needs of her husband and children. So what makes this film such an enchanting experience? Since I am not a writer, I cannot really put into words the way I felt after watching this film. I know it left a smile in my heart...it also made me nostalgic for it reminded me of my own childhood. I wanted it to go on long after the movie ended. Watch it and you will know what I mean. It will take you back to the magical moments of growing up.

This movie was good but we were watching it in french at school and it was hard to understand as i only speak and understand English. We had English subtitles but because i was reading them it was hard to watch the movie. I think if the movie was longer and in English it would have been a really good movie. I hope we get to see the second one and i hope its in English.................................................... apart from that i think the movie was really good if it had of gone for longer and had movie stars that i know in it. So I think that My Father's Glory is an OK movie and i would give it a 6 out of 10. And i would give it a 8 out of 10 no i would give it a 300 out 10