The Great Game () is a 2015 French political thriller drama film written and directed by Nicolas Pariser. The film stars Melvil Poupaud, André Dussollier and Clémence Poésy. The film premiered at the Locarno International Film Festival in August 2015. It won the Prix Louis-Delluc for Best First Film in December 2015.
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Pierre Blum (Melvil Poupaud), in his forties, is a writer who had his moment of glory but hasn't written for years. At a wedding, he meets an enigmatic figure, Joseph Paskin (André Dussolier). Influential in the political world, this charismatic man soon after offers him a strange deal: to anonymously write a book calling for insurrection in order to force the resignation of a troublesome minister. But when the pamphlet is published, the people surrounding Joseph are threatened one by one, and he disappears. Pierre is also attacked and forced to take refuge in the provinces on a farm where far-left activists live. There, he meets old acquaintances...