PREVIEW: Robust (15)

WHO’S IN IT?

Gérard Depardieu (Cyrano de Bergerac), Déborah Lukumuena (Divines), Lucas Mortier (An Irrepressible Woman), Megan Northam (film debut), Florence Janas (Titane), Steve Tientcheu (Les Misérables), Théodore Le Blanc (film debut)

WHO’S BEHIND THE CAMERA?

Constance Meyer (film debut), director, writer; Marcia Romano (Happening), writer; Isabelle Madelaine (Mascarades), producer; Babx (Day), composer; Simon Beaufils (You and the Night), cinematographer; Anita Roth (Bloody Beans), editor

WHAT’S IT ABOUT?

Georges (Depardieu), an aging and disenchanted film star, is assigned a new assistant in the form of young security officer Aïssa (Lukumuena), and the two form a special relationship…

IN ONE SENTENCE, WHY SHOULD YOU BE EXCITED?

Gérard Depardieu delivers a soulful performance as a fading movie star in this sweet comedic drama, wherein he shares the screen with promising new discovery Déborah Lukumuena.

WHEN’S IT OUT?

FRIDAY 22ND JULY 2022

WHERE CAN I FIND IT?

IN CINEMAS NATIONWIDE

 

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