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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.

Keywords

  • Awarded comedies
  • True Story
  • European Film Awards
  • Feel Good Movies
  • Festival de Cannes
  • Liebe unter Freunden
  • Nur bei Sooner
  • True Story
  • Freundschaft

Actors

  • Kad Merad
  • Marina Hands
  • Laurent Stocker
  • Pierre Lottin
  • Wabinlé Nabié

Director

  • Emmanuel Courcol

Komödie, Drama


1h 45min


-12

FR


NL

France
2020
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.

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.


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