The Big Picture (2010 film)
| The Big Picture | |
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| Directed by | Éric Lartigau |
| Produced by | Pierre-Ange Le Pogam |
| Screenplay by |
Éric Lartigau Laurent de Bartillat |
| Based on |
The Big Picture by Douglas Kennedy |
| Starring | |
| Music by | Evgueni & Sacha Galperine |
| Cinematography | Laurent Dailland |
| Edited by | Juliette Welfling |
Production company | |
| Distributed by | EuropaCorp |
Release dates |
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Running time | 114 minutes |
| Country | France |
| Language | French |
| Budget | $9,8 million |
| Box office | $9,9 million[1] |
The Big Picture (French original title L'Homme qui voulait vivre sa vie - "The man who wanted to live his life"), is a 2010 French psychological thriller directed by Éric Lartigau, and starring Romain Duris, Marina Foïs, Niels Arestrup and Catherine Deneuve. The story is adapted from the 1997 novel The Big Picture by Douglas Kennedy.
Synopsis
A successful Paris lawyer with a seemingly perfect life discovers that his wife is having an affair and accidentally kills her lover in a moment of madness. He escapes the law by faking his own death, assuming his victim's identity, and making a fresh start on the Adriatic coast as a photographer. This eventually leads him to realise what was missing in his life before: he finally sees the big picture.
Reception
The film was critically praised. Review aggregation website Rotten Tomatoes gives the film a score of 88% based on reviews from 41 critics, with an average score of 7/10.[2]
References
External links
- The Big Picture in the British Film Institute's "Explore film..." database
- The Big Picture at the British Board of Film Classification
- The Big Picture at the Internet Movie Database
- The Big Picture at Rotten Tomatoes
- The Observer, 24 July 2011: The Big Picture — review Retrieved 2012-12-03
- Background article by Michel Guerrin on Antoine D'Agata's photography for the film, in Le Monde, 2 novembre 2010. [in French]
- {http://ruthlessculture.com/2011/07/29/some-thoughts-on-the-big-picture-2010/}