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The Great Role (2004)
Directed by Steve Suissa
Romance, Comedy, Drama · 1h 29m
When a famous American film director, Rudolph Grichenberg, comes to Paris to cast a Yiddish version of 'The Merchant of Venice,' Maurice Kurtz and his friends try out for the role of Shylock. Thinking he has finally been cast in an important film role after years of obscurity, Maurice rushes home to tell his beloved wife, Perla. Later, Maurice discovers the part has gone to a famous American star, but he must play the role of his life to be sure Perla, who has become very ill with cancer, doesn't find out.
Cast
Stéphane Freiss
Bérénice Bejo
François Berléand
Olivier Sitruk
Rufus
Clément Sibony
Steve Suissa
Valérie Benguigui
Peter Coyote
Lionel Abelanski
Crew
- Director
- Steve Suissa
- Writer
- Daniel Cohen, Sophie Tepper, Steve Suissa
- Novel
- Daniel Goldenberg
- Director of Photography
- Christophe Offenstein, Guillaume Schiffman
- Original Music Composer
- David Marouani
- Editor
- Névil de Montalembert Coleman, Monica Coleman
- Producer
- Sophie Tepper
Details
- Original title
- Le grand rôle
- Release date
- 2004-10-13
- Runtime
- 1h 29m
- Genres
- Romance, Comedy, Drama
- Original language
- FR
- Spoken languages
- French, Yiddish
- Countries
- France
- Production
- La Région Île-de-France, 7IA, Caroline Production, Egérie Productions, Les Films Alain Sarde, Les Films de l'Espoir, Canal+