The oversized screen presence of Gérard Depardieu, an actor who comes with baggage to match his bulk, is smartly harnessed in this impressive feature debut from Constance Meyer. Depardieu plays Georges, a celebrated French actor with the appetite of an ogre, a tendency to crash motorbikes and a self-destructive kind of genius that is frequently diluted by endless bottles of wine. The role, in other words, that Depardieu has arguably been playing for most of his life.
