Film Season 2022/23

The Big Hit (Un triomphe, France, 2020, 106 min.)

The Big Hit is a warm-hearted and humorous tribute to fellowship, mutual trust and the liberating power of the arts. The film fascinated festival audiences and won the European Film Award for Best Comedy.

Director: Emmanuel Courcol
Screenplay: Emmanuel Courcol in colaboration with Thierryjem de Carbonnièresom in Khaledom Amarajem
Cinematography: Yann Maritaud
Cast: Kad Merad, David Ayala, Lamine Cissokho, Sofian Khammes, Pierre Lottin, Wabinlé Nabié, Alexandre Medvedev, Saïd Benchnafa, Marina Hands, Laurent Stocker
Festivals, Awards: Cannes; European Film Award for Best Comedy; Angoulême (audience award, best actor award); Art Film Fest Košice (audience award); Victoria Film Festival (audience award)
Distribution: FIVIA – Vojnik

Cast
Etienne, an often out of work but endearing actor, runs a theater workshop in a prison, where he brings together an unlikely troupe of prisoners to stage Samuel Beckett’s famous play Waiting for Godot. When he is allowed to take the colorful band of convicts on a tour outside of prison, Etienne finally has the chance to thrive.