IMDb RATING
6.6/10
3.7K
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A successful Paris lawyer is forced to re-invent his life after he makes a fatal mistake.A successful Paris lawyer is forced to re-invent his life after he makes a fatal mistake.A successful Paris lawyer is forced to re-invent his life after he makes a fatal mistake.
- Awards
- 3 nominations
Rachel Desmarest
- Fiona Exben
- (as Rachel Berger)
Esteban Carvajal-Alegria
- Valéry Grey
- (as Esteban Carvajal Alegria)
Storyline
Did you know
- TriviaProfessional photographer Antoine d'Agata took the photos used in this film. Marina Foïs, who plays Sarah Exben in the film, had a postcard of Antoine d'Agata's work. She showed the postcard to the director, Éric Lartigau, who is also her husband.
- GoofsAs Paul watches from the shore, the sound and light from the explosion of his sailboat (on the horizon), reach him nearly simultaneously. At the height Paul was sitting, the horizon was roughly 5 miles away and the sound would take over 20 seconds to reach him, while the light would reach him almost instantly.
- Quotes
Paul Exben: What are you doing here?
Bartholomé: I'm sorry, I was in the mood for a little beer.
Paul Exben: Anyone else, besides me, likes beer.
Bartholomé: Sure, anyone else likes it, but I wanted to have a drink with you.
Featured review
On the nature of identity
Eric Lartigau's film, 'The Big Picture', begins as a thriller, but ends more as an existential meditation on life (the literal translation of its French title, 'The Man Who Wanted to Live his Life', is much more apt than its dull replacement). A man ends up living, first in the shoes of another man, and ultimately as an anonymous nobody: he initial decision to give up his identity is a choice, albeit in straightened circumstances, but its consequences have to be experienced to be understood. The initial portion of the film has the feel of a thriller and does not seem especially well-acted; the latter half is more interesting, but overall, an abbreviated feel permeates the movie. Whereas Antonioni's 'The Passenger', which I also saw recently and which follows a similar course, is all about mood (only hinting at plot), here the balance is different, and the more interesting, introspective aspects are occasionally rushed. There's a lot of interest here, and some ambition on the part of the director; but some of its ideas could, I think, have been allowed a bit more space to breathe.
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Box office
- Gross US & Canada
- $158,411
- Opening weekend US & Canada
- $13,760
- Oct 14, 2012
- Gross worldwide
- $10,013,768
- Runtime1 hour 54 minutes
- Color
- Sound mix
- Aspect ratio
- 2.35 : 1
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