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The Grand Role

Play trailer Poster for The Grand Role 2005,  1h 26m,  Comedy/ Drama Play Trailer Watchlist
Watchlist 59% 17 Reviews Tomatometer 50% 250+ Ratings Popcornmeter
59% Tomatometer 17 Reviews 50% Popcornmeter 250+ Ratings
To make his dying wife (Bérénice Bejo) happy, a struggling actor (Stéphane Freiss) and his friends pretend he has won the lead in a new movie.

Critics Reviews

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Eddie Cockrell Variety Jun 3, 2005
Predictable yet charming. Go to Full Review
Frank Scheck The Hollywood Reporter Jun 3, 2005
Bereft of real laughs while lacking the depth to make its emotional aspects more moving, the film never manages to assimilate its shifting tones and ultimately seems trivial. Go to Full Review
Jonathan Curiel San Francisco Chronicle May 20, 2005
4/4
Their characters are compelling and completely realistic, the acting is first-rate, and many scenes in this black-and-white movie (which was shot in different countries, including Saudi Arabia) are breathtaking. Go to Full Review
Doris Toumarkine Film Journal International Mar 1, 2007
Favors melodramatic and quirky twists, never bothering to lay down substantive ballast. Go to Full Review
David Nusair Reel Film Reviews Jan 30, 2006
2.5/4
...works as long as one doesn't think about it too much... Go to Full Review
Andy Klein Los Angeles CityBeat Dec 15, 2005
...a diverting little comedy/drama, with a good central performance from Freiss, but...nothing much more on display. Go to Full Review
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Cast & Crew

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Steve Suissa

Director

Stéphane Freiss

Maurice Kurtz

Bérénice Bejo

Perla Kurtz

Peter Coyote

Rudolph Grichenberg

Paola Perez

Debby Grichenberg

Lionel Abelanski

Simon Laufer

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The Grand Role

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Movie Info

Synopsis To make his dying wife (Bérénice Bejo) happy, a struggling actor (Stéphane Freiss) and his friends pretend he has won the lead in a new movie.
Director
Steve Suissa
Screenwriter
Daniel Cohen, Daniel Goldenberg, Steve Suissa, Sophie Tepper
Distributor
First Run
Production Co
Les Films de l'Espoir
Genre
Comedy, Drama
Original Language
French (France)
Release Date (Theaters)
May 6, 2005, Original
Box Office (Gross USA)
$35.6K
Runtime
1h 26m
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