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Le Grand Role
First Run Features
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MPAA RATING:
Starring
Stéphane Freiss,
Bérénice Bejo,
Peter Coyote,
Lionel Abelanski,
François Berléand,
Olivier Sitruk,
Laurent Bateau,
and
Mickaël Sabah
For years, friends and actors Maurice, Sami, Simon, Elie, and Edouard have been waiting for their big break. The future looks bright when famous American director Rudolph Grichenberg (Coyote) offers Maurice the part of Shylock in his Yiddish screen adaptation of "The Merchant of Venice". But his fortunes reverse quickly when Maurice learns that his beloved wife Perla is seriously ill. With his friends' help, Maurice takes on the greatest role of his life, and in playing his part, illuminates the meaning of art, love, and truth. (First Run Features)
| GENRE(S): |
Comedy
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Drama
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Foreign
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| WRITTEN BY: |
Daniel Cohen
Steve Suissa
Sophie Tepper
Daniel Goldenberg (book)
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| DIRECTED BY: |
Steve Suissa
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| RELEASE DATE: |
DVD: November 22, 2005
Theatrical: May 6, 2005
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| RUNNING TIME: |
89 minutes, Color |
| ORIGIN: |
France |
| LANGUAGE(S): |
French / Yiddish (with English subtitles) |
Nominated, Grand Prix, 2004 Paris Film Festival

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75
Philadelphia Inquirer
Steven Rea
A comedy about friendship, faith and the acting life, Le Grand Role is unabashedly corny and tear-jerking - and still quite likable.

70
Los Angeles Times
Kevin Thomas
It is a most tender love story, first and foremost, and a warm, affectionately humorous depiction of Kurz's close-knit Jewish friends and colleagues.

70
Variety
Eddie Cockrell
Predictable yet charming, The Grand Role is a crowd-pleasing dramatic comedy about love, friendship, role-playing and Jewish pride.

60
The New York Times
Anita Gates
Mr. Coyote, who appears to be playing Steven Spielberg and steals every scene he is in.

50
Miami Herald
Marta Barber
A good story, but its potential is never realized.

40
The Onion (A.V. Club)
Tasha Robinson
A short and soppy story that Coyote lends some dignity, but not much power.

38
New York Post
Kyle Smith
A shaky effort to make a point about art triumphing over all.

38
New York Daily News
Jami Bernard
Director and co-writer Steve Suissa misses every opportunity to go deeper, either for laughs or pathos.

30
Village Voice
David Ng
Chuckle-worthy jabs at American cultural imperialism aside, Le Grand Rôle has little to offer except a maudlin love story that ironically feels like a Tinseltown tearjerker facsimile.

30
LA Weekly
Ella Taylor
Half a notch above a vanity project, this chipper little number by French director Steve Suissa offers a deadly combination of shamelessness, narcissism and schoolboy comedy.


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