''Playing Dead'' (french: Je fais le mort) is a 2013 French

comedy film A comedy film is a category of film which emphasizes humor. These films are designed to make the audience laugh through amusement. Films in this style traditionally have a happy ending (black comedy being an exception). Comedy is one of the ol ...

written and directed by

Jean-Paul Salomé Jean-Paul Salomé (born 14 September 1960) is a French director and screenwriter. Filmography External links * {{DEFAULTSORT:Salome, Jean-Paul 1960 births Living people Film directors from Paris French male screenwriters French ...

. The film stars

François Damiens François Georges Henri Marie Ghislain Joseph Damiens (; born 17 January 1973) is a Belgian actor. Career He has appeared in more than fifty films since 2000. He started out doing hidden camera videos in the 90s and became widely popular in B ...

, Géraldine Nakache and Lucien Jean-Baptiste. It was screened at the

Rome Film Festival International Rome Film Fest is a film festival that takes place in Rome during the month of October. The name in Italian is Festa del Cinema di Roma. Sections The Rome Film Festival official program is divided into several sections: Cinema d'O ...

Cast

as Jean Renault * Géraldine Nakache as Noémie Desfontaines * Lucien Jean-Baptiste as Lieutenant Lamy * Anne Le Ny as Madame Jacky * Jean-Marie Winling as Michel Beauchatel *

Kévin Azaïs Kévin Azaïs (born 1992) is a French actor. He is best known for his performance in the film ''Love at First Fight'' (''Les Combattants''), for which he won a César Award for Most Promising Actor and a Lumières Award for Most Promising Actor. ...

as Ludo * Nanou Garcia as Zelda * Corentin Lobet as Servaz * Judith Henry as Caroline *

as TV journalist

Accolades

The film received three nominations at the

5th Magritte Awards The 5th Magritte Awards ceremony, presented by the Académie André Delvaux, honored the best films of 2014 in Belgium and took place on 7 February 2015 at the Square in the historic site of Mont des Arts, Brussels beginning at 7:50 p.m. CET. ...

References

External links

* 2013 films 2010s French-language films Films directed by Jean-Paul Salomé French crime comedy films French satirical films 2010s crime comedy films 2013 comedy films Films scored by Bruno Coulais 2010s French films {{comedy-crime-film-stub