THE BIG HIT
| 2021 – 106′ – DRAMA, COMEDY, FILMS & ART, FAMILY+14.
Written by: Emmanuel Courcol, Thierry de Carbonnières.
Directed by: Emmanuel Courcol.
Starring: Kad Merad, David Ayala, Lamine Cissokho, Sofian Khammes, Pierre Lottin, Wabinlé Nabié, Alexandre Medvedev, Saïd Benchnafa, Marina Hands, Laurent Stocker.
Official Selection Cannes International Film Festival 2020.
Official Competition COLCOA 2021.
In French with English subtitles.
A French Channel release. |
Multitalented screen star Kad Merad gives a powerful performance in The Big Hit, leading a dazzling cast in this jubilant comedy about a down-and-out actor who lands a gig running a prison theater workshop and decides to mount a full-fledged production of Waiting for Godot with his ragtag troupe of inmates. Based on a true story, this deeply touching film beautifully illustrates Beckett’s take on the human condition — a particularly apt one for both the perpetually-waiting prisoners and their director — with passion, humor, hijinks and a liberal dash of poetry.