Un grand cri d'amour (1998)

Director:

Josiane Balasko

Writers:

Josiane Balasko (play), Josiane Balasko (screenplay)

Stars:

Josiane Balasko, Richard Berry, Daniel Prévost

Cast

Credited cast:
Josiane Balasko	...	Gigi Ortega
Richard Berry	...	Hugo Martial
Daniel Prévost	...	Léon
Daniel Ceccaldi	...	Sylvestre
Claude Berri	...	Maillard (as Claude Langmann)
Nadia Barentin	...	Bernadette
Philippe Bruneau	...	René
Jean-Claude Bouillon	...	Le journaliste
Nicolas Silberg	...	Le médecin
Jean Sarrus	...	Jacky
Jean-Michel Tinivelli
Fabienne Barbey
Michel Field
Stéphane Butet
Rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Virginie Bombasano

Storyline

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Plot Keywords:

husband wife relationship | ex wife | theater | midlife crisis | slapping | 

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Genres:

Comedy

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Details

Country:

France

Language:

French

Release Date:

7 January 1998 (France)

Also Known As:

O erotas fonazei dynata

Company Credits

Production Co:

Canal+, Josy Films, Katharina

Technical Specs

Runtime:

90 min

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Color:

Color

User Reviews

The play's the thing

Josiane Balasko adapts her own play for the screen. Hugo and Gigi, a couple of star actors, have been separated for a while, and their public has started to forget them. A producer tries to get their careers going again by uniting them in a play, but the aggression between the two is almost too much for the company to stand.

It's a frail story, but the interplay between Richard Berry and Josiane Balasko is often delicious. One smokes, the other doesn't, one drinks to excess, the other doesn't. The rehearsals are made longer and more tiring by the hostility on stage, which the director--the wonderful Daniel Prevost--can do little about, try as he may. It was good to see Richard Berry again; he's a fine actor with a very expressive face who is seen infrequently on this side of the Atlantic.