
The Big Brother (1982)
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.
| Movie ID | 27695 |
|---|---|
| Genre | Crime |
| Director | Francis Girod |
| Main cast | Gérard Depardieu, Souad Amidou, Hakim Ghanem, Jean Rochefort, Roger Planchon, Jacques Villeret, Christine Fersen, Smaïn |
| Release date | 8 September 1982 |
| Release year | 1982 |
| Language | French |
| Duration | 115 min (1h 55m) |
| Rating | 6.1 / 10 (TMDB) |
| Production house | – |
Director: Francis Girod
Writers: Francis Girod, Michel Grisolia
Top cast
Gérard DepardieuGérard Berger / Bernard Vigo
Souad AmidouZina Khelifa
Hakim GhanemAli
Jean RochefortCharles-Henri Rossi
Roger PlanchonInspecteur Valin
Jacques VilleretInspecteur Coleau
Christine FersenJane la voisine
SmaïnAbdel
François ClavierCastel
Philippe BrizardLe conseiller
Tania SoursevaMadame Huysmans
Jean-Michel RibesClient de Zina
Corinne DaclaLa femme de Gérard
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