Robust (2022)

03/02/2022Drama1h 35m
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Overview

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.

Top Billed Cast

  1. Cast 1

    Gérard Depardieu

    George

  2. Cast 1

    Déborah Lukumuena

    Aïssa

  3. Cast 1

    Lucas Mortier

    Eddy

  4. Cast 1

    Megan Northam

    Cosmina

  5. Cast 1

    Florence Janas

    Adeline, wrestling trainer

  6. Cast 1

    Steve Tientcheu

    Lalou

  7. Caroline Donnelly

    Astrid, makeup artist

  8. Cast 1

    Cédric Meusburger

    Thomas, trainee lawyer

  9. Cast 1

    François Loriquet

    Régis, lawyer

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 ...

Status Released

Original LanguageFrench 

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