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The Price of Fame

La rançon de la gloire (The Price of Fame)

2014

Xavier Beauvois

Benoît Poelvoorde, Roschdy Zem, Séli Gmach, Chiara Mastroianni ...

5.1

350

Comedy Year 1977. Vevey, a small town beside Lake Geneva. Fresh out of prison, Eddy is taken in by his friend Osman. They have struck a deal: Eddy can stay with Osman, and in exchange, he'll look after Osman's seven-year-old daughter, Samira, while his wife Noor is undergoing health checks in hospital. But money is very tight this Christmas Eve, and so, when a news flash announces the death of Charlie Chaplin, Eddy gets a bright idea. They ... [+]

	Media	Author	Review
		Boyd van Hoeij The Hollywood Reporter	"A funny and touching film."
		Jessica Kiang IndieWire	"The film suffers from [an] uneven tone (...) Beauvois’ storytelling is too linear (...) And then there’s the soundtrack, which is so intrusively grandiose (...) For all those enumerated flaws, the film is undeniably well-intentioned."
		Guy Lodge Variety	"Xavier Beauvois' first comedy is a beguiling blend of social realism and Chaplin-referencing whimsy."

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