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A Great Friend

2023 · 95 min

A gentle, talky comedy-drama about two opposites learning from each other, set against beautiful mountains, leaving you reflective and smiling.

Directed by
Éric Besnard
Genres
Comedy
Starring
Grégory Gadebois, Lambert Wilson, Marie Gillain
Overview
Vincent is a famous successful entrepreneur. One day, a car breakdown on a mountain road temporarily interrupts his frantic lifestyle. Pierre, who lives apart from the modern world in the middle of sublime nature, comes to his aid and offers him his hospitality. The meeting between these two men, who are opposites will upset their respective beliefs and they will find themselves laughing. The question is...deep down, are they really each living the lives they want to live?

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Directed by
Éric Besnard
Genres
Comedy
Starring
Grégory Gadebois, Lambert Wilson, Marie Gillain
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Tone
  • warmstrength 2 of 3
  • earneststrength 2 of 3
  • lightstrength 1 of 3
  • melancholicstrength 1 of 3
Pacing
measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
easy-watch, 2 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • identity
  • friendship
  • work
  • nature
  • healing
Places
  • countryside
  • single country house
Era
contemporary
Audience
adult
Form
None
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language mild
  • Violence none
  • Sex none
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action1
Horror0
Humour6
Realism7
Romance1
Tension2
Darkness2
Complexity4
Emotional weight5

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Genres
comedy
Directed by
Éric Besnard
Written by
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Starring
Grégory Gadebois, Lambert Wilson, Marie Gillain, Betty Pierucci Berthoud, Magali Bonat, Antoine Gouy, Amandine Longeac, Déborah Lamy
Music
Christophe Julien
Cinematography
Jean-Marie Dreujou
Runtime
95 min
Country
France
Languages
French

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