La petite apocalypse (1993)

Director:

Costa-Gavras

Writers:

Costa-Gavras, Jean-Claude Grumberg (dialogue),

Stars:

André Dussollier, Pierre Arditi, Jirí Menzel

1 nomination.

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
André Dussollier	...	Jacques
Pierre Arditi	...	Henri
Jirí Menzel	...	Stan
Anna Romantowska	...	Barbara
Maurice Bénichou	...	Arnold
Carlo Brandt	...	Le kine
Henryk Bista	...	Yanek
Jacques Denis	...	Doctor
Enzo Scotto Lavina	...	Luigi
Chiara Caselli	...	Luigi's Daughter
Jan Tadeusz Stanislawski	...	Pitchik
Beata Tyszkiewicz	...	Madame Pitchik
Olga Grumberg	...	Assistante Docteur
Andréas Voutsinas	...	Realisateur americain
Elena Gavras	...	Assistante realisateur

Storyline

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Plot Keywords:

vatican | communism | suicide | based on novel

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Genres:

Comedy

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Details

Country:

France Italy Poland

Language:

French

Release Date:

10 February 1993 (France)

Also Known As:

The Little Apocalypse

Company Credits

Production Co:

K.G. Productions, Nickelodeon Films, Heritage Films

Technical Specs

Runtime:

110 min

Sound Mix:

Dolby

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Did You Know?

Soundtracks

"Davlatmand"
Omadai chant accompagne de luth
Musiques savantes et populaires du Tadjikistan
Maison des Cultures du Monde

User Reviews

Costa-Gavras disappoints with one of the decade's most overworked themes

LA PETITE APOCALYPSE was quite a disappointment for me. I am an avid fan of this decade's most overworked political source of scripts: the fall of communism in Eastern Europe. As a lifetime student of political science, I am rarely bored even by films critics pan and deem unwatchable for mainstream audiences. Nevertheless, not even the Costa-Gavras pedigree of the film could sustain my interest in this total yawner of packaged cliches. I think Costa-Gavras' attempt at somehow making these cliches "cerebral" rendered the filming even less entertaining. Even tacky melodramas about Poles, East Germans, Russians, etc. portray this post-1989 "apocalypse" in a far more entertaining and educational way. This is, sadly, a work devoid of novelty, and full of banality. Don't be swayed by the famous director's name: skip this pretentious bore.