Dieu est grand, je suis toute petite (2001)

Michèle, 20 years old, feels terrible after having broken up with her boy-friend. She meets Francois, who's a veterinarian and jewish. Michèle decides to convert into Judaism because she ... See full summary »

Director:

Pascale Bailly

Writers:

Alain Tasma (screenplay), Pascale Bailly (adaptation),

Stars:

Audrey Tautou, Edouard Baer, Julie Depardieu

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Audrey Tautou	...	Michèle
Edouard Baer	...	François
Julie Depardieu	...	Valérie
Catherine Jacob	...	Evelyne
Philippe Laudenbach	...	Jean
Cathy Verney	...	Florence
Anna Koch	...	Régine
Max Tzwangue	...	Simon
Mathieu Demy	...	Bertrand
Atmen Kelif	...	Ali
Nelly Camara	...	Laetitia
Jean Reichman	...	Joseph
Bruno Slagmulder	...	Fred
Lucien Melki	...	Laurent
Nathalie Levy-Lang	...	Jessica

Storyline

Michèle, 20 years old, feels terrible after having broken up with her boy-friend. She meets Francois, who's a veterinarian and jewish. Michèle decides to convert into Judaism because she has to believe in something, if not in someone.

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Plot Keywords:

jewish | veterinarian | judaism | cancer | police | 

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Genres:

Comedy | Romance

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Details

Country:

France

Language:

French English Hebrew

Release Date:

26 September 2001 (France)

Also Known As:

God Is Great and I'm Not

Filming Locations:

Paris, France

Box Office

Opening Weekend:

$13,850 (USA) (8 November 2002)

Gross:

$65,464 (USA) (27 December 2002)

Company Credits

Production Co:

Canal+, Centre National de la Cinématographie (CNC), Dacia Films

Technical Specs

Runtime:

100 min

Sound Mix:

DTS

Color:

Color

Did You Know?

Quotes

François: You doing okay?
Michèle: Yeah, I'm a Buddhist now.
François: Then you're doing fine. What's that involve?
Michèle: Lots of meditation... You've gotta work toward enlightment, nothingness.
François: That's tough.
Michèle: Yes, all of this positive energy is exhausting.

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Crazy Credits

In the end credits, François says, "Michelle, did you do that on purpose?"

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Connections

References Shoah (1985)

User Reviews

Search for Spirituality Loses Me

This is the story of a woman, played by Audrey Tautou, who searches for herself by searching for a religion she can relate to. She tries all of the major religions and ends up with Judaism when she starts to data Francois, who is lapsed in his faith.

Her spiritual quest drives her, Francois and ME crazy. I tend to like character and plot-driven movies, but it is important that I relate to the character in some way. There was no one with whom I could relate.

From a technical point-of-view there are positives and negatives. I rented this movie primarily because I enjoy Audrey Tautou's acting. She is talented and exceptionally charming. In that, this movie lived up to my expectations. Her acting and that of the other case members is quite well done. Unfortunately, the direction and editing aren't quite as good. There are a lot of very short scenes that are distracting and don't seem to advance the story.

By no means is this a bad movie, but unless you can relate to a spiritual journey more than me, this movie probably won't quite do it for you.