Taking Off (2013) ( Grand départ )

Taking Off (2013) (DVD) (*)

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Original Title: Grand départ
Language Selections:
English ( Subtitles )
French ( Dolby Digital 5.1 )

Product Origin/Format:
United Kingdom ( PAL/Region 2 )

Running Time:
79 min

Aspect Ratio:
Widescreen (1.85:1)

Special Features:
Interactive Menu
Scene Access

Movie filmed in 2013 and produced in:
France ( France, Benelux )

Directed By:
Nicolas Mercier

Written By:
Nicolas Mercier
Simone Study

Actors:
Pio Marmaï ..... Romain
Jérémie Elkaïm ..... Luc
Eddy Mitchell ..... Georges, le père
Chantal Lauby ..... Danielle, la mère
Charlotte de Turckheim ..... Madame Fauras
Zoé Félix ..... Séréna
Timothée De Roux ..... Mathieu
Benjamin Rolland ..... Renaud
Jean-Charles Clichet ..... Antoine
Antoine Gouy ..... Timothée
Willy Cartier ..... Adrian
Gaëlle Bona ..... Sophie
Swan Scalabre ..... Laure
Bérengère Verret ..... Valérie
Frédéric Merlo ..... L'employé des pompes funèbres

Synopsis:

Pio Marmaï, Jérémie Elkaïm and Eddy Mitchell star in this French drama that follows the efforts of a man determined to find his own identity. With his cantankerous father Georges (Mitchell) having succumbed to a neurodegenerative disease after suffering a stroke, and his brother Luc (Elkaïm) afflicted by manic depression, Romain (Marmaï) has finally had enough of being the dependable 'rock' of the family. To this end, and with his 30th birthday rapidly approaching, he decides to grab the bull by the horns and confront his problems full on, in the hope that he will finally discover the man that he's always wanted to be.

Romain is stuck in a rut, between his domineering, bipolar brother and his dad who is suffering from a tragic yet comic neuro-degenerative disease, he finds that he can't go on being the boy who simply does what is expected of him. About to turn 30, Romain decides it's high time he finally faces up to his crazy dad, cynical brother, and his tendency to suppress his own emotions in order to embrace his own normality.

Pio Marmaï, Jérémie Elkaïm and Eddy Mitchell star in Grand Départ - a French drama that follows the efforts of a man determined to find his own identity. With his cantankerous father Georges having succumbed to a neuro-degenerative disease after suffering a stroke, and his brother Luc afflicted by manic depression, Romain has finally had enough of being the dependable rock of the family. To this end, and with his 30th birthday rapidly approaching, he decides to grab the bull by the horns and confront his problems full on, in the hope that he will finally discover the man that he's always wanted to be.

This product was added to our catalog on Saturday 19 October, 2013.