''The Great Game'' (french: Le Grand Jeu) is a 2015 French political

thriller drama In film and television, drama is a category or genre of narrative fiction (or semi-fiction) intended to be more serious than humorous in tone. Drama of this kind is usually qualified with additional terms that specify its particular super-g ...

film written and directed by

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. The film stars

Melvil Poupaud Melvil Poupaud (born 26 January 1973) is a French actor, author and filmmaker. Career Poupaud's first appearance was, as a child, in Raúl Ruiz (director), Raúl Ruiz's 1983 film ''City of Pirates''. He met Ruiz through his mother, Chantal Poupau ...

André Dussollier André Dussollier (born 17 February 1946) is a French actor An actor or actress is a person who portrays a character in a performance. The actor performs "in the flesh" in the traditional medium of the theatre or in modern media such as f ...

and

Clémence Poésy Clémence Guichard (born 30 October 1982), known professionally as Clémence Poésy (), is a French actress and fashion model. After starting on the stage as a child, Poésy studied drama and has been active in both film and television since 19 ...

. The film premiered at the

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in August 2015. It won the

Prix Louis-Delluc The Louis Delluc Prize (french: Prix Louis-Delluc ) is a French film award presented annually since 1937. The award is bestowed to the Best Film and Best First Film of the year on the second week of each December. The jury is composed of 20 members, ...

for Best First Film in December 2015.

Cast

as Pierre Blum *

as Joseph Paskin *

as Laura Haydon *

Sophie Cattani Sophie Cattani is a French actress. She appeared in more than thirty films since 2001. Filmography References External links * Year of birth missing (living people) Living people French film actresses 21st-century French actresses ...

as Caroline *

Antoine Chappey Antoine Chappey (born 1960) is a French actor. He has appeared in over 80 films and television shows since 1989. He starred in the film ''Nelly'', which was screened in the Un Certain Regard section at the 2004 Cannes Film Festival. Selected fi ...

as Copeau *

Nathalie Richard Nathalie Richard (born 6 January 1963) is a French actress. Richard was born in Paris, France. She received the Prix Michel Simon film prize for most promising actress/actor for her role in the 1988 Jacques Rivette film '' Gang of Four''. Fi ...

as Pauline *

Thomas Chabrol Thomas Chabrol (born 24 April 1963) is a French actor, director and screenwriter. Filmography On stage References External links

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as Senator Darcy * Natasha Andrews as Alice * Vincent Deniard as Thomas * Vanessa Larré as Juliette * François Orsoni as Louis *

François Marthouret François Marthouret (born 12 September 1943) is a French actor. Selected filmography Theater References External links * {{DEFAULTSORT:Marthouret, Francois 1943 births Living people Male actors from Paris French male film actors ...

as Gérard * Lou Chauvain as Lorca *

Bernard Verley Bernard Verley (born 4 October 1939) is a French actor and producer. Biography Former student of les ''Beaux-Arts'' in Lille Lille ( , ; nl, Rijsel ; pcd, Lile; vls, Rysel) is a city in the northern part of France, in French Flanders. O ...

as The General *

Audrey Bastien Audrey Bastien (born 10 December 1991) is a French actress. She appeared in more than twenty films since 2010. Selected filmography References External links * 1991 births Living people French film actresses {{France-film-act ...

as The girl in the bookstore

References

External links

* 2015 films 2015 thriller films 2010s French-language films French political thriller films 2010s political thriller films French political drama films 2015 directorial debut films Louis Delluc Prize winners 2015 drama films 2010s political drama films 2010s French films {{2010s-thriller-film-stub