Gérard Depardieu as a washed-up star and his unlikely bodyguard—this odd couple hits different.
When his right-hand man and only mate has to go away for a few weeks, Georges - an ageing film star - is given a substitute, Aïssa. The disillusioned actor and the young female security guard forge a special relationship.
Acting
Depardieu's raw, unglamorous vulnerability—possibly his best late-career work.
Writing
Dialogue that finds poetry in awkward silences and small kindnesses.
Director
Constance Meyer
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Meyer wrote the role specifically for Depardieu, leveraging his real-life controversies and physical decline as text, not subtext.
The wrestling sequences were shot at actual Parisian clubs with real athletes; Lukumuena trained for three months.
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