Title DossierComedy

The Big Hit

ComedyDrama

An actor past his prime gives drama lessons to prisoners in an attempt to stage "Waiting for Godot."

Year

2021

Duration

1h 45m

IMDb

7.0

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Cast

Emmanuel Courcol

Director

Kad Merad

Etienne Carboni

David Ayala

Patrick Le Querrec

Cast

Emmanuel Courcol

Director

Kad Merad

Etienne Carboni

David Ayala

Patrick Le Querrec

LC

Lamine Cissokho

Alex

SK

Sofian Khammes

Kamel Ramdane

Pierre Lottin

Jordan Fortineau

WN

Wabinlé Nabié

Moussa Traoré

AM

Aleksandr Medvedev

Boïko

Saïd Benchnafa

Nabil Jouhari

Marina Hands

Ariane

Laurent Stocker

Stéphane

MC

Mathilde Courcol-Rozès

Nina

CL

Catherine Lascault

La juge

YM

Yvon Martin

Le chef de détention

AB

Adama Bathily

Le jeune surveillant

BF

Brigitte Froment

Martine Le Querrec - la femme de Patrick

VG

Vladimir Golicheff

Le frère de Jordan

Thierry de Carbonnières

Le mari de la juge

SM

Sandie Masson

Agathe - la comédienne de La Cerisaie

Emmanuel Courcol

Writer

Thierry de Carbonnières

Writer

KA

Khaled Amara

Writer

JJ

Jan Jönson

Writer

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Comments

7 Comments

Brenden PraiseJul 24, 2025

The Big Hit: A prison comedy drama about a comedy-drama being staged in a prison. This film set in France is based on a true case which occurred in Sweden, we know that the prisoners escaped but how things got to that point is teased in the drama. Étienne (Kad Merad) is a down at heel actor, works as a drama coach, reduced to teaching Maori hakas at corporate team-building events. He gets a chance to teach drama at a high security prison and the inmates involved eventually impress him with their fable dramatisations. He convinces the prison governor to allow him to put on a performance of Waiting For Godot which will be staged outside of the jail. Six months of rehearsals ensue. There are no cardboard characters here, every prisoner is unhappy in his own way. Obstacles encountered are not all heroically overcome and as Beckett would have appreciated there is lot of waiting around in prison. Great performances from Merad and the supporting cast. Directed and Co-Written by Emmanuel Courcol. 8/10.

Puja karki 😊Jul 24, 2025

A must see movie involving a range of emotions and qualities; funny, touching, suspenseful, dramatic, ... liberating! It demonstrates the importance of art in everyday life, the importance of theatre and acting, especially when you deel or are shackled, enclosed, devalued. The end was most fitting! Shame it is not a popular one. Un triomphe! "One day, is that not enough for you, one day he went dumb, one day I went blind, one day we'll go deaf, one day we were born, one day we shall die, the same day, the same second, is that not enough for you?" "I'm going." Samuel Beckett, Waiting for Godot.

Solo RimoJul 24, 2025

This movie was great. From the opening scene to the end I was stuck looking at the screen. Every character had something special and the fact that the film it's based on true events is mind-blowing!

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