Provocative French writer Michel Houellebecq meets Gérard Depardieu at a sea water therapy centre in Cabourg. Together, they try to survive the health regime to which they are subjected by the establishment. But events quickly derail their routine… Just Great is a joyful comedy elevated by two extraordinary performances.
Acting
Depardieu and Houellebecq playing exaggerated versions of themselves.
Direction
Nicloux lets his leads roam like unhinged documentary subjects.
Writing
Dialogue blurs reality and performance to uncomfortable degrees.
Director
Guillaume Nicloux
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Houellebecq and Depardieu had never met before filming; Nicloux threw them together and filmed what happened.
Released after Depardieu's rape allegations and Houellebecq's Islamophobia controversies—the film weaponizes their public toxicity.
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