Playing Dead
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Jean, a forty-year-old struggling, out-of-work actor has hit rock bottom. Although open to any kind of work, he can't get a break. At the unemployment office, his counselor has a rather odd proposal: he can get a job helping the police reconstruct crime scenes, by standing in for the dead victim. Jean's obsession for detail impresses the detectives, allowing him to take a leading role in a sensitive investigation in Megève ski resort, during low season, after a series of murders
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François Damiens
Jean Renault
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Géraldine Nakache
Noémie Desfontaines
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Lucien Jean-Baptiste
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Anne Le Ny
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Nanou Garcia
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Corentin Lobet
Servaz
Known for
Ganglands
Obsession
Judith Henry
Caroline
Known for
Germinal
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Jean-Marie Winling
Michel Beauchatel
Known for
Back to Burgundy
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Kévin Azaïs
Ludo
Known for
Love at First Fight
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Jean-Paul Salomé Director · Bruno Coulais Composer Pascal Ridao Cinematographer
Budget $7.2M · First release December 11, 2013 · Produced in France
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Budget
$7,200,000
Production
Diaphana Films
Production
France
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Original title
Je fais le mort
Original language
French
Spoken on screen
French
Release dates
France · December 11, 2013
Theatrical
No release date listed for United States.
France
April 16, 2014 · Physical
July 15, 2026 · TV · 6ter
Poland
September 19, 2014 · Digital
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