The Big Picture (2010 film)

The Big Picture
UK release poster
Directed by	Éric Lartigau
Produced by	Pierre-Ange Le Pogam
Screenplay by	Éric Lartigau Laurent de Bartillat
Based on	The Big Picture by Douglas Kennedy
Starring	Romain Duris Marina Foïs Niels Arestrup Catherine Deneuve Branka Katic
Music by	Evgueni & Sacha Galperine
Cinematography	Laurent Dailland
Edited by	Juliette Welfling
Production company	EuropaCorp TF1 Films Ciby 2000
Distributed by	EuropaCorp
Release dates	November 3, 2010
Running time	114 minutes
Country	France
Language	French
Budget	$9,8 million
Box office	$9,9 million[1]

The 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 Éric 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.

Synopsis

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.

Reception

The film was critically praised. Review aggregation website Rotten Tomatoes gives the film a score of 88% based on reviews from 41 critics, with an average score of 7/10.^[2]

References

1. http://www.jpbox-office.com/fichfilm.php?id=11412
2. https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/the_big_picture_2012/

External links

• The Big Picture in the British Film Institute's "Explore film..." database
• The Big Picture at the British Board of Film Classification
• The Big Picture at the Internet Movie Database
• The Big Picture at Rotten Tomatoes
• The Observer, 24 July 2011: The Big Picture — review Retrieved 2012-12-03
• Background article by Michel Guerrin on Antoine D'Agata's photography for the film, in Le Monde, 2 novembre 2010. [in French]
• {http://ruthlessculture.com/2011/07/29/some-thoughts-on-the-big-picture-2010/}