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  • 2014
  • Rialto Pictures
  • 1 h 26 m
  • 2014
  • Rialto Pictures
  • 1 h 26 m

Summary Between his domineering brother Luc (Jérémie Elkaïm) and his incorrigible father (Eddy Mitchell), Romain (Pio Marmaï) finds that he can't go on being the boy who does what is expected of him. Approaching 30, Romain decides that it's time to face his family as an adult and, in the process, learn more about himself than he ever imagined. [...

Written By: Nicolas Mercier, Simone Study

  • 2014
  • Rialto Pictures
  • 1 h 26 m
  • 2014
  • Rialto Pictures
  • 1 h 26 m

Grand Départ

Metascore Generally Unfavorable Based on 4 Critic Reviews
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Summary Between his domineering brother Luc (Jérémie Elkaïm) and his incorrigible father (Eddy Mitchell), Romain (Pio Marmaï) finds that he can't go on being the boy who does what is expected of him. Approaching 30, Romain decides that it's time to face his family as an adult and, in the process, learn more about himself than he ever imagined. [...

Written By: Nicolas Mercier, Simone Study

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May 21, 2014
More notable for its small, incisive moments than as a moving depiction of the way that familial relationships are affected by life crises, the film makes only a minor impact.
By Frank Scheck FULL REVIEW
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May 22, 2014
Although the subject is potent, the film, directed with a seemingly effortless commercial acumen, doesn’t burrow deeply.
By Andy Webster FULL REVIEW
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May 22, 2014
In the absence of narrative urgency or fresh storytelling devices, Grand Départ lives or dies with Marmaï’s performance, but like everything else around him, he’s merely adequate.
By Adam Nayman FULL REVIEW
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May 20, 2014
The director, Nicolas Mercier, has failed to grasp how repellent his own protagonist seems to us. By the end, he's tipped his hand, and what seemed an incisive portrait is revealed as oddly skewed.
By Calum Marsh FULL REVIEW

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Production Company Move Movie, StudioCanal, Mon Voisin Productions, France 2 Cinéma, Canal+, Ciné+, France Télévisions, La Banque Postale Images 5, La Région Île-de-France, Centre national du cinéma et de l'image animée (CNC), Abel Aflam, H Films
Release Date May 23, 2014
Duration 1 h 26 m
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Tagline Their father's last lesson was the most valuable of all.
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