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A Great Friend

A Great Friend

20236.61h 35m

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?

Directed by Éric Besnard
Written by Éric Besnard
Produced by Vincent Roget, Pierre Forette, Thierry Wong
Box OfficeBudget: $6.0M0

Top Cast

Grégory Gadebois

Grégory Gadebois

Pierre

Lambert Wilson

Lambert Wilson

Vincent

Marie Gillain

Marie Gillain

Camille

B

Betty Pierucci Berthoud

Zoé

Magali Bonat

Magali Bonat

Stella

Antoine Gouy

Antoine Gouy

Monceau

Amandine Longeac

Amandine Longeac

La jeune collaboratrice

Déborah Lamy

Déborah Lamy

La journaliste

Pascal Gimenez

Pascal Gimenez

Philippe

Pasquale D'Inca

Pasquale D'Inca

Le médecin

Themes & Keywords

meaning of lifelife changingdrastic change of lifelife

About A Great Friend

A Great Friend is a comedy film released in 2023 exploring themes of meaning of life, life changing, drastic change of life, life. Directed by Éric Besnard, it stars Grégory Gadebois, Lambert Wilson, Marie Gillain. 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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