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.

Directing:
  • Francis Girod

Writing:
  • Francis Girod
  • Michel Grisolia
  • Sam Ross

Stars:
Release Date: 1982-09-08
themoviedb icon 5.8/10
  • Country: FR
  • Language: Français
  • Runtime: 115
Gérard Depardieu
Gérard Depard...
Gérard Berger / Bernard Vigo
Souad Amidou
Souad Amidou
Zina Khelifa
Jean Rochefort
Jean Rochefor...
Charles-Henri Rossi
Corinne Dacla
Corinne Dacla
La femme de Gérard
Roger Planchon
Roger Plancho...
Inspecteur Valin
Jacques Villeret
Jacques Ville...
Inspecteur Coleau
Christine Fersen
Christine Fer...
Jane la voisine
Smaïn
Smaïn
Abdel
François Clavier
François Clav...
Castel
Philippe Brizard
Philippe Briz...
Le conseiller
Jean-Michel Ribes
Jean-Michel R...
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