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The Big Brother
The Big Brother
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The Big Brother

Original Title: Le Grand Frère

1982
1h 55m
Crime

Status

Released

Release

1982

Runtime

1h 55m

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Storyline

The plot in this story weaves around like a New Year's reveler at four in the morning, heading first in one direction and then in another, with the intention of going home if things would just stop moving. Bernard (Gerard Depardieu) is a doctor whose Hippocratic oath was a hypocritic failure -- the not-so-good doctor kills his wife because she is having an affair, and he kills her lover too. Then he joins the French Foreign Legion. On his way to the former French colonies in Africa, the plane he is in crashes, and Rossi, a "friend" on the plane with some overweight in carry-on money, shoots Bernard and takes off, leaving him for dead. He is nursed back to life and health by friendly villagers and just his luck, he not only manages to make his fortune in Africa, he also nabs a French passport from a dying man who will clearly not need it anymore unless the Pearly Gates have a French guard.

Score Distribution

Details

Status
Released
Runtime
1h 55m
Sep 8, 1982
Languages
French
Director
Francis Girod
Production Countries
France

Top Cast

13 Cast Members

Gérard Depardieu

Gérard Depardieu

Gérard Berger / Bernard Vigo

Souad Amidou

Souad Amidou

Zina Khelifa

Hakim Ghanem

Ali

Jean Rochefort

Jean Rochefort

Charles-Henri Rossi

Roger Planchon

Roger Planchon

Inspecteur Valin

Jacques Villeret

Jacques Villeret

Inspecteur Coleau

Christine Fersen

Christine Fersen

Jane la voisine

Smaïn

Smaïn

Abdel

François Clavier

François Clavier

Castel

Philippe Brizard

Philippe Brizard

Le conseiller

Tania Sourseva

Madame Huysmans

Jean-Michel Ribes

Jean-Michel Ribes

Client de Zina

Corinne Dacla

Corinne Dacla

La femme de Gérard

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