The Great Role (2004)
Le grand rôle
When a famous American film director, Rudolph Grichenberg, comes to Paris to cast a Yiddish version of 'The Merchant of Venice,' Maurice Kurtz and his friends try out for the role of Shylock. Thinking he has finally been cast in an important film role after years of obscurity, Maurice rushes home to tell his beloved wife, Perla. Later, Maurice discovers the part has gone to a famous American star, but he must play the role of his life to be sure Perla, who has become very ill with cancer, doesn't find out.
- Date of release
- 2004-10-13
- TMDB
- 5.5 / 10 (6)
- Runtime
- 1h 29m
- Genres
- Romance, Comedy, Drama
- Director
- Steve Suissa
Casting
- Stéphane Freiss — Maurice Kurtz
- Bérénice Bejo — Perla Kurtz
- François Berléand — Benny Schwarz
- Olivier Sitruk — Sami Rebbot
- Rufus — Monsieur Silberman
- Clément Sibony — Benoît
- Steve Suissa — Doron
- Valérie Benguigui — Viviane
- Peter Coyote — Rudolph Grichenberg
- Lionel Abelanski — Simon Laufer
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