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The Grand Role First Run Features

Films on Demand: World Cinema Video Collection Available online

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Format:
Video
Contributor:
Infobase, film distributor.
First Run Features (Firm)
Language:
French
Subjects (All):
Motion pictures.
Genre:
Internet videos
Physical Description:
1 online resource (1 video file (1 hr., 25 min., 57 sec)) sound, color
Distribution:
New York, N.Y. Distributed by Infobase, 2017
Place of Publication:
[Place of publication not identified] : First Run Features, [2005]
System Details:
Streaming video file
System requirements: FOD playback platform
video file
Summary:
When a famous American film director (Peter Coyote) comes to Paris to cast a Yiddish version of The Merchant of Venice, Maurice and his friends try out for the role. Thinking he has been cast in the part of Shylock after years of obscurity, Maurice (Stéphane Freiss) rushes home to tell his beloved wife, Perla (Bérénice Bejo). Later, Maurice discovers the part has gone to a famous American star, but he must play the role of his life to be sure Perla, who has become very ill, doesn't find out
Contents:
The Grand Role (25:57);
Notes:
Originally released by First Run Features, 2005
Streaming video file encoded with permission for digital streaming by Infobase on August 24, 2017
Title from distributor's description
OCLC:
1059249558
Publisher Number:
141903 Infobase
Access Restriction:
Restricted for use by site license

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