Films We Like has acquired Canadian rights to Emmanuel Courcol’s THE BIG HIT, an uplifting French comedy inspired by true events.
Etienne (Kad Merad), an often out of work but endearing actor, runs a theatre workshop in a prison, where he brings together an unlikely troupe of prisoners to stage Samuel Beckett’s famous play Waiting for Godot. When he is allowed to take the colourful band of convicts on a tour outside of prison, Etienne finally has the chance to thrive.
Each performance is a new success and a unique relationship grows between this ad hoc group of actors and their director. But soon comes the final performance in Paris. Will their last night together be the biggest hit of them all?
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Founded by award-winning documentary filmmaker Ron Mann (Grass, Comic Book Confidential, Carmine Street Guitars) Films We Like is a boutique distributor of documentary, independent, and international films in Canada. Recent releases include White Riot, Helmut Newton: The Bad and the Beautiful and CREEM: America's Only Rock 'n' Roll Magazine.