The Big Trip ( Le grand'tour )

The Big Trip (DVD) (*)

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Original Title: Le grand'tour
Language Selections:
Dutch ( Subtitles )
English ( Subtitles )
French ( Dolby Digital 5.1 )

Product Origin/Format:
Netherlands ( PAL/Region 0 )

Running Time:
95 min

Aspect Ratio:
Widescreen (1.78:1)

Special Features:
Deleted Scenes
Interactive Menu
Scene Access
Trailer(s)

Movie filmed in 2011 and produced in:
Belgium ( France, Benelux )

Directed By:
Jérôme Le Maire

Written By:
Jérôme Le Maire
Vincent Solheid

Actors:
Denis Burton
Chen Chenut
Pierre Fontaine
Christian Henrard
Patrick Humblet
Emmanuel Lawa
Arnaud Libert
Vincent Marganne
Renaud Quirin
Vincent Solheid

Synopsis:

Ten men, most of them married and in their forties, go to the ten-yearly carnival in Stavelot. Dressed in red medieval robes, drinking alcohol and singing carnival songs, they roam the Belgian Ardennes for four days. This drunken procession gives them a taste for more. At the initiative of the leader Vincent, they march four weeks from one village party to another. It's a real test of their mutual relationships, certainly when the charismatic and selfish Vincent decides to stop drinking and taking drugs. Slowly, the festive mood gives way to deeper emotions. Some give up, and one of them, a sturdy trucker, even realises that he is secretly in love.

An ad-hoc orchestra treks through the woods, strolling and drinking, to the 'Carnaval du Monde' in Stavelot. The drunken procession appeals to them so much that they forget house and home. Like medieval wandering scholars, they travel from fair to village fête. Then their leader says he'll stop taking drink and drugs. What next?

The realistic reporting and interviews suggest a documentary. No chance. Le Grand'Tour is pure fiction, which Jérôme le Maire balances cleverly between absurd farce and serious drama. An alienating parody of survival weekends in the Ardennes, but also of reality shows like Survivor.

This product was added to our catalog on Saturday 10 March, 2012.

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