Synopsis
The Big Hit (Un triomphe, 2020) is a French tragicomedy by Emmanuel Courcol that you can watch online on iFILM. Kad Merad plays Etienne, an actor whose best roles are long behind him. Broke and out of work, he takes a gig running a drama class inside a prison.
His new cast is rough. Robbers, dealers, men who have never set foot on a stage. Etienne hands them Beckett's Waiting for Godot — a play about two drifters waiting on someone who never shows. Six months of rehearsals later, the inmates earn the right to perform beyond the prison walls, on an actual touring run. The closer opening night gets, the more everyone has riding on it.
The story takes off from something that really happened: a Swedish director once brought a troupe of convicts to the stage with this exact play. Courcol keeps the sentiment in check, letting the comedy and the ache sit side by side. If you go for films about second chances and what art can pull out of people, this one lands. Stream The Big Hit (2020) online on iFILM.
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