Playing Dead (2013)
Je fais le mort
Jean, a forty-year-old struggling, out-of-work actor has hit rock bottom. Although open to any kind of work, he can't get a break. At the unemployment office, his counselor has a rather odd proposal: he can get a job helping the police reconstruct crime scenes, by standing in for the dead victim. Jean's obsession for detail impresses the detectives, allowing him to take a leading role in a sensitive investigation in Megève ski resort, during low season, after a series of murders
- Date of release
- 2013-12-11
- TMDB
- 5.4 / 10 (142)
- Runtime
- 1h 44m
- Genres
- Comedy
- Director
- Jean-Paul Salomé
Casting
- François Damiens — Jean Renault
- Géraldine Nakache — Noémie Desfontaines
- Lucien Jean-Baptiste — Lieutenant Lamy
- Anne Le Ny — Madame Jacky
- Nanou Garcia — Zelda
- Corentin Lobet — Servaz
- Judith Henry — Caroline
- Jean-Marie Winling — Michel Beauchatel
- Kévin Azaïs — Ludo
Interesting facts
Playing Dead is a 2013 French comedy film written and directed by Jean-Paul Salomé. The film stars François Damiens, Géraldine Nakache and Lucien Jean-Baptiste. It was screened at the Rome Film Festival.
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