The Big Brother

The Big Brother

1982
1h 55m
5.8

5.8/10

12 votes • View on IMDb
Overview

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.

Status: Released

Language: FR

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Production Information

Production Countries
France
Spoken Languages
French

Quick Facts

Original Title Le Grand Frère
Release Date September 8, 1982
Status Released
Language FR
IMDb ID tt0084019

Cast

Gérard Depardieu
Gérard Depardieu

Gérard Berger / Bernard Vigo

Souad Amidou
Souad Amidou

Zina Khelifa

Hakim Ghanem
Hakim Ghanem

Ali

Jean Rochefort
Jean Rochefort

Charles-Henri Rossi

Roger Planchon
Roger Planchon

Inspecteur Valin

Jacques Villeret
Jacques Villeret

Inspecteur Coleau

Christine Fersen
Christine Fersen

Jane la voisine

Smaïn
Smaïn

Abdel

François Clavier
François Clavier

Castel

Philippe Brizard
Philippe Brizard

Le conseiller

Tania Sourseva
Tania Sourseva

Madame Huysmans

Jean-Michel Ribes
Jean-Michel Ribes

Client de Zina

Key Crew

Francis Girod
Director
Michel Grisolia
Writer
Francis Girod
Writer
Ariel Zeitoun
Producer

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