Director : Diane KurysActors : Lambert Wilson, Michèle Laroque, Jean-Hugues Anglade, Pierre Palmade, Isabella Ferrari, Antoine Duléry, Florence Thomassin, Zoé Félix, Fabio Sartor, Philippe Bas, Jean-Claude Goros (de)Feature film, Fiction , DramaProduction language : French Nationality : 100% French (France) French release : 9/21/05 Runtime : 1h 40mn Current status : Released Associate production company : New Light FilmsCo-production : StudioCanal, France 3 CinémaFrench distribution : Mars DistributionFilm export/Foreign Sales : StudioCanal Synopsis Raphaël Kessler, one of the kings of European reality TV, invites his best friends to celebrate his birthday by spending the weekend in his sumptuous residence in Marrakech. They’re not a group but a gang, the crew with whom Kessler fought for free radio back at the beginning of the eighties. But the businessman’s provocative success is tainted by a dark secret. Twenty years earlier, he betrayed his friends, and he intends to use his birthday party to redeem himself. He offers each of his friends four million euro. The group’s reaction, however, is not what he hoped for. But, deep down, is this a purely generous gesture or yet another attempt to manipulate the people around him? Festival selections |