''Playing Dead'' (french: Je fais le mort) is a 2013 French

comedy film A comedy film is a category of film which emphasizes humor. These films are designed to make the audience laugh through amusement. Films in this style traditionally have a happy ending (black comedy being an exception). Comedy is one of the ol ...

written and directed by

Jean-Paul Salomé Jean-Paul Salomé (born 14 September 1960) is a French director and screenwriter. Filmography External links * {{DEFAULTSORT:Salome, Jean-Paul 1960 births Living people Film directors from Paris French male screenwriters French ...

. The film stars

François Damiens François Georges Henri Marie Ghislain Joseph Damiens (; born 17 January 1973) is a Belgian actor. Career He has appeared in more than fifty films since 2000. He started out doing hidden camera videos in the 90s and became widely popular in B ...

Géraldine Nakache Géraldine Nakache (born 16 February 1980) is a French actress, director and screenwriter of Algerian Jews, Algerian Jewish descent. Life and career Nakache grew up in an Algerian Jews, Algerian Jewish family. She earned a Diplôme d'études uni ...

and

Lucien Jean-Baptiste Lucien Jean-Baptiste (born 6 May 1964) is a French actor, writer and director.Rome Film Festival International Rome Film Fest is a film festival that takes place in Rome during the month of October. The name in Italian is Festa del Cinema di Roma. Sections The Rome Film Festival official program is divided into several sections: Cinema d'Og ...

Cast

as Jean Renault *

as Noémie Desfontaines *

Lucien Jean-Baptiste Lucien Jean-Baptiste (born 6 May 1964) is a French actor, writer and director.Anne Le Ny Anne Le Ny (born 16 December 1962) is a French actress, screenwriter and film director. Filmography Actress Screenwriter or director Theatre References French film directors French women film directors Living people French fil ...

as Madame Jacky *

Jean-Marie Winling Jean-Marie Winling (born 1947) is a French actor. He has appeared in more than a hundred films since 1972. Filmography Theater External links * {{DEFAULTSORT:Winling, Jean-Marie 1947 births Living people People from Sète French ma ...

as Michel Beauchatel *

Kévin Azaïs Kévin Azaïs (born 1992) is a French actor. He is best known for his performance in the film ''Love at First Fight (film), Love at First Fight'' (''Les Combattants''), for which he won a César Award for Most Promising Actor and a Lumières Awar ...

as Ludo *

Nanou Garcia Nanou is a town in the Boromo Department of Balé Province in south-western Burkina Faso Burkina Faso (, ; , ff, 𞤄𞤵𞤪𞤳𞤭𞤲𞤢 𞤊𞤢𞤧𞤮, italic=no) is a landlocked country in West Africa with an area of , bordered by M ...

as Zelda *

Corentin Lobet Corentin is a name of Breton origin. It is the name of a saint, Corentin of Quimper. It can also refer to: People *Corentin Tolisso, French midfielder * Corentin Corre, Breton cyclist * Corentin Louis Kervran, Breton scientist *Paul Féval, pè ...

as Servaz * Judith Henry as Caroline *

as TV journalist

Accolades

The film received three nominations at the

5th Magritte Awards The 5th Magritte Awards ceremony, presented by the Académie André Delvaux, honored the best films of 2014 in Belgium and took place on 7 February 2015 at the Square in the historic site of Mont des Arts, Brussels beginning at 7:50 p.m. CET. ...

References

External links

* 2013 films 2010s French-language films Films directed by Jean-Paul Salomé French crime comedy films French satirical films 2010s crime comedy films 2013 comedy films Films scored by Bruno Coulais 2010s French films {{comedy-crime-film-stub