The Great Game (2015 film)

The Great Game
Film poster
FrenchLe Grand Jeu
Directed byNicolas Pariser
Written byNicolas Pariser
Produced byEmmanuel Agneray
StarringMelvil Poupaud
André Dussollier
Clémence Poésy
CinematographySébastien Buchmann
Edited byLéa Masson
Music byBenoît de Villeneuve
Benjamin Morando
Production
companies
Distributed byBAC Films
Release dates
  • 9 August 2015 (2015-08-09) (Locarno)
  • 16 December 2015 (2015-12-16) (France)
Running time
100 minutes
CountryFrance
LanguageFrench
Budget$2.5 million
Box office$790.000[1]

The Great Game (French: Le Grand Jeu) is a 2015 French political thriller drama film written and directed by Nicolas Pariser. The film stars Melvil Poupaud, André Dussollier and Clémence Poésy. The film premiered at the Locarno International Film Festival in August 2015.[2][3] It won the Prix Louis-Delluc for Best First Film in December 2015.

Plot

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Pierre Blum (Melvil Poupaud), in his forties, is a writer who had his moment of glory but hasn't written for years. At a wedding, he meets an enigmatic figure, Joseph Paskin (André Dussolier). Influential in the political world, this charismatic man soon after offers him a strange deal: to anonymously write a book calling for insurrection in order to force the resignation of a troublesome minister. But when the pamphlet is published, the people surrounding Joseph are threatened one by one, and he disappears. Pierre is also attacked and forced to take refuge in the provinces on a farm where far-left activists live. There, he meets old acquaintances...

Cast

References

  1. ^ "Le Grand jeu (2015) (2015) - JPBox-Office".
  2. ^ "Locarno Film Festival Announces Lineup for Its 68th Year, Awards Edward Norton on Opening Night". Indiewire. 15 July 2015.
  3. ^ "The Great Game". Bac Films.


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