LE GRAND RÔLE
by Steve Suissa
synopsis
Struggling Parisian actor Maurice Kurtz is passionately in love with his wife Perla and wishes he could provide her with a better life. He earns a meager income dubbing foreign films with the help of his friends. The future begins to look bright when they hear that superstar film director Grichenberg is prepping a big-budget Yiddish version of "The Merchant of Venice". They all show up at a "cattle call" audition hoping to land bit parts.
original title: | Le grand rôle |
country: | France |
year: | 2004 |
genre: | fiction |
directed by: | Steve Suissa |
film run: | 89' |
release date: | BE 13/10/2004, FR 13/10/2004, IT 24/08/2007 |
cast: | Stéphane Freiss, Bérénice Bejo, Peter Coyote, François Berléand, Lionel Abelanski, Olivier Sitruk, Laurent Bateau |
cinematography by: | Christophe Offenstein, Guillaume Schiffman |
music: | David Marouani |
producer: | Steve Suissa, Sophie Tepper, Jean-Lou Tepper |
production: | Egérie Productions, Les Films Alain Sarde, Les Films de l'Espoir, Caroline Productions |
backing: | 7IA, Canal+, Région Ile-de-France |
distributor: | Mars Films Distribution, Sap11, Iguana Film |