Le grand soir (film)
{{short description|2012 film}}
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{{Infobox film
| name = {{Lang|fr|Le Grand Soir}}
| image = Le grand soir (film).jpg
| caption = Film poster
| director = Benoît Delépine
Gustave de Kervern
| producer = Jean-Pierre Guérin
André Logie
| writer = Benoît Delépine
Gustave de Kervern
| starring = Benoît Poelvoorde
Albert Dupontel
| music = Les Wampas
Brigitte Fontaine
| cinematography = Hugues Poulain
| editing = Stéphane Elmadjian
| distributor = Ad Vitam {{small|(France)}}
| released = {{Film date|2012|5|22|Cannes|2012|6|6|France|df=yes}}
| runtime = 92 minutes
| country = France
Belgium
| language = French
| budget = $3.5 million {{cite web |url=http://www.jpbox-office.com/fichfilm.php?id=12787 |title=Le grand soir (2012) |work=JP Box Office|accessdate=18 October 2017}}
| gross = $2.9 million {{cite web | url=https://www.boxofficemojo.com/title/tt2008562/?ref_=bo_se_r_2 | title=Not Dead }}
}}
{{Lang|fr|Le Grand Soir}} (English: "The Big Night" {{IPA|fr|lə ɡʁɑ̃ swaʁ}}) is a 2012 French-Belgian comedy-drama film directed by Benoît Delépine and Gustave de Kervern. The film competed in the Un Certain Regard section at the 2012 Cannes Film Festival{{cite web |url=http://www.festival-cannes.fr/en/article/58878.html |title=2012 Official Selection |accessdate=21 April 2012 |work=Cannes}}{{cite web |url=http://www.totalfilm.com/news/2012-cannes-film-festival-line-up-announced |title=2012 Cannes Film Festival line-up announced! |accessdate=21 April 2012 |work=Total Film}} where it won the Special Jury Prize.{{Cite web|author=Cannes|date=27 May 2012|url=http://www.festival-cannes.fr/en/archives/2012/awardUnCertainRegard.html|title=Awards 2012|work=festival-cannes.fr|publisher=Cannes Film Festival|accessdate=27 May 2012}} It won the Magritte Award for Best Costume Design.{{cite news|url=http://www.lesoir.be/177154/article/culture/cinema/2013-02-02/quatre-magritte-pour-%C2%AB-perdre-raison-%C2%BB|title=Quatre Magritte pour " A perdre la raison "|first=Anne-Sophie|last=Leurquin|work=Le Soir|date=2 February 2013|accessdate=3 February 2013|language=French|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20130204060026/http://www.lesoir.be/177154/article/culture/cinema/2013-02-02/quatre-magritte-pour-%C2%AB-perdre-raison-%C2%BB|archivedate=4 February 2013}}
Plot
Not is a notorious punk while his brother Jean-Pierre leads a square life as a salesman. One day Not realises that his brother needs some support. Jean-Pierre struggles with his job and also fails when he tries to save his marriage. Not teaches his brother to survive after all.
Cast
- Benoît Poelvoorde as Not
- Albert Dupontel as Jean-Pierre Bonzini
- Brigitte Fontaine as Mother – Marie-Annick Bonzini
- Areski Belkacem as Father – René Bonzini
- Bouli Lanners as the security guard
- Serge Larivière as the director of the 'Grand Litier'
- Stéphanie Pillonca as Jean-Pierre's ex-wife
- Miss Ming as the mute young woman
- Chloé Mons as the punk girl
- Yolande Moreau as the punk girl's mother
- Gérard Depardieu as Juvénal
- Didier Wampas as himself
- Noël Godin as the husband
- Denis Barthe as the barkeeper
References
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External links
- [http://medias.unifrance.org/medias/139/110/93835/presse/grand-soir-2012-press-kit-english-2.pdf Official Press Kit] {{in lang|en}}
- {{IMDb title|2008562|Le Grand Soir}}
{{Benoît Delépine and Gustave Kervern}}
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Category:2012 comedy-drama films
Category:French comedy-drama films
Category:Belgian comedy-drama films
Category:2010s French-language films
Category:Films directed by Benoît Delépine
Category:Films directed by Gustave Kervern
Category:Films about consumerism
Category:French-language Belgian films
Category:French-language comedy-drama films
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