Why it may be worth watching
- Robust combines Drama elements in one feature.
- The principal cast includes Gérard Depardieu, Déborah Lukumuena, Lucas Mortier.
Movie
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.
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Gérard DepardieuGeorge
Déborah LukumuenaAïssa
Lucas MortierEddy
Megan NorthamCosmina
Florence JanasAdeline, wrestling trainer
Steve TientcheuLalou
Caroline DonnellyAstrid, makeup artist
Cédric MeusburgerThomas, trainee lawyer
François LoriquetRégis, lawyer
François RidelJean-Noël Hautefaye, fencing master
Georgia ScallietEmma, actress
Hugues DuchêneHugues, staging intern
Julie LesgagesPascale, assistant director
Viewing guide
Best suited to viewers looking for Drama. Its shorter runtime also makes it easier to fit into one sitting.
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Déborah Lukumuena is really quite good here as the wresting bodyguard assigned to look after the larger than life (quite literally) actor "Georges" (Gérard Depardieu) whose unreliable attitude to work is leaving him with debts, law suits and precious few options. The template for the story is quite good, and both leading roles have character to them, but somehow the whole thing just doesn't ignite. The story itself is an hybrid of quite a few similar themes with a dialogue that fails to impress. Lukumuena is quite a mean wrestler, but the familial sub-p…
Déborah Lukumuena is really quite good here as the wresting bodyguard assigned to look after the larger than life (quite literally) actor "Georges" (Gérard Depardieu) whose unreliable attitude to work is leaving him with debts, law suits and precious few options. The template for the story is quite good, and both leading roles have character to them, but somehow the whole thing just doesn't ignite. The story itself is an hybrid of quite a few similar themes with a dialogue that fails to impress. Lukumuena is quite a mean wrestler, but the familial sub-plots just clutter up the dynamic that is at it's best when it is just the two on screen. Even then it's still not especially engaging. Depardieu has a star quality, there's no denying that - but that is just not enough to raise this from mediocrity. Watchable, but equally forgettable - except, perhaps, for the odd looking fish!
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