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The Big Picture is a french film of genre Drama directed by Éric Lartigau with Romain Duris
The Big Picture (2010)
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Add to a movie listThe Big Picture (French original title L'Homme qui voulait vivre sa vie - "The man who wanted to live his life"), is a 2010 French psychological thriller directed by Eric Lartigau, and starring Romain Duris, Marina Foïs, Niels Arestrup and Catherine Deneuve. The story is adapted from the 1997 novel The Big Picture by Douglas Kennedy.
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A successful Paris lawyer with a seemingly perfect life discovers that his wife is having an affair and accidentally kills her lover in a moment of madness. He escapes the law by faking his own death, assuming his victim's identity, and making a fresh start on the Adriatic coast as a photographer. This eventually leads him to realise what was missing in his life before: he finally sees the big picture.Actors
Romain Duris
(Paul Exben)
Marina Foïs
(Sarah)
Niels Arestrup
(Bartholomé)
Catherine Deneuve
(Anne)
Branka Katić
(Ivana)
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