The Big Brother
1982, French. Directed by Francis Girod.
The plot in this story weaves around like a New Year's reveler at four in the morning, heading first in one direction and then in another, with the intention of going home if things would just stop moving. Bernard (Gerard Depardieu) is a doctor whose Hippocratic oath was a hypocritic failure -- the not-so-good doctor kills his wife because she is having an affair, and he kills her lover too. Then he joins the French Foreign Legion. On his way to the former French colonies in Africa, the plane he is in crashes, and Rossi, a "friend" on the plane with some overweight in carry-on money, shoots Bernard and takes off, leaving him for dead. He is nursed back to life and health by friendly villagers and just his luck, he not only manages to make his fortune in Africa, he also nabs a French passport from a dying man who will clearly not need it anymore unless the Pearly Gates have a French guard.
- Runtime
- 1h 55m
- Post-credits
- None listed
- Language
- French
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Cast & crew
- Francis GirodDirector
- Gérard DepardieuGérard Berger / Bernard Vigo
- Souad AmidouZina Khelifa
- Hakim GhanemAli
- Jean RochefortCharles-Henri Rossi
- Roger PlanchonInspecteur Valin
- Jacques VilleretInspecteur Coleau
- Christine FersenJane la voisine
- SmaïnAbdel
- François ClavierCastel
- Philippe BrizardLe conseiller
- Tania SoursevaMadame Huysmans
- Jean-Michel RibesClient de Zina
Details
- Released
- 8 September 1982
- Original title
- Le Grand Frère
- Country
- France
- Written by
- Michel Grisolia, Francis Girod
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The Big Brother runs 115 minutes (1h 55m).
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The Big Brother isn’t streaming on any OTT platform in India yet; it released on 8 September 1982. (Checked 11 November 2026.)
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If you liked The Big Brother, try Flic Story, Witness in the City, The Glass Key.
Who directed The Big Brother?
The Big Brother (1982) was directed by Francis Girod and stars Gérard Depardieu, Souad Amidou, Hakim Ghanem.