Top Cast
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Gérard Depardieu
George
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Déborah Lukumuena
Aïssa
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Lucas Mortier
Eddy
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Megan Northam
Cosmina
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Florence Janas
Adeline, wrestling trainer
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Steve Tientcheu
Lalou
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Caroline Donnelly
Astrid, makeup artist
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Cédric Meusburger
Thomas, trainee lawyer
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François Loriquet
Régis, lawyer
Overview
When his right-hand man and only mate has to go away for a few weeks, Georges - an ageing film star - is given a substitute, Aïssa. The disillusioned actor and the young female security guard forge a special relationship.
Rating
1 Reviews
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CinemaSerf6 Jul 28, 2022Déborah Lukumuena is really quite good here as the wresting bodyguard assigned to look after the larger than life (quite literally) actor "Georges" (Gérard Depardieu) whose unreliable attitude to work is leaving him with debts, law suits and precious few options. The template for the story is quite good, and both leading roles have character to them, but somehow the whole thing just doesn't ignite. The story itself is an hybrid of quite a few similar themes with a dialogue that fails to impress. Lukumuena is quite a mean wrestler, but the familial sub-plots just clutter up the dynamic that is at it's best when it is just the two on screen. Even then it's still not especially engaging. Depardieu has a star quality, there's no denying that - but that is just not enough to raise this from mediocrity. Watchable, but equally forgettable - except, perhaps, for the odd looking fish!
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