SPECIAL SCREENINGS
THE BIG HIT
NAJBOLJE IZ EUROPE
DIRECTOR: Emmanuel Courcol
CROATIAN PREMIERE
COUNTRY: France
YEAR / DURATION: 2020. • 106’
GENRE: comedy, drama
Info
- SCREENPLAY: Khaled Amara, Emmanuel Courcol, Thierry de Carbonnières
- CINEMATOGRAPHY: Yann Maritaud
- EDITOR: Guerric Catala
- SCORE: Fred Avril
- ACTORS: Kad Merad, David Ayala, Lamine Cissokho, Sofian Khammes, Pierre Lottin, Wabinlé Nabié, Alexandre Medvedev, Saïd Benchnafa, Marina Hands, Laurent Stocker
- PRODUCERS: Marc Bordure, Robert Guédiguian
- PRODUCTION COMPANY: Agat Films & Cie, Les Productions du Ch’timi
- SALES AGENT: MK2 FILMS
- FESTIVALS AND AWARDS: Cannes Film Festival, Seattle International Film Festival, Moscow International Film Festival
Synopsis
Etienne, an actor past his prime, runs a theatre workshop in a prison, where he brings together an unlikely troupe of prisoners to stage Samuel Beckett’s play Waiting for Godot. When he gets the chance to take the colourful group on a tour across France, but the question is whether they will meet the expectations and what their final performance in Paris will be like.
About the director
Emmanuel Courcol (Angers, 1957), French actor, director and writer. Along with around 20 acting roles, he has also made three films – the short film (Géraldine je t’aime, 2013) and two feature films – the history drama Ceasefire (2016) and The Big Hit.
Screening
- Arena – 21.07
23:15
