French Films 'The Big Hit,' 'Josep' Win Comedy, Animation at 2020 European Film Awards
'The Big Hit' Kad Merad stars as a washed-up actor staging 'Waiting for Godot' with a cast of prisoners in Emmanuel Courcol's 'The Big Hit.' Two French films, Emmanuel Courcol's The Big Hit, and the hand-drawn Josep, have won the 2020 European Film Awards for best comedy and best animated film, respectively. In The Big Hit, French star Kad Merad ( Welcome to the Sticks) plays a past-his-prime actor who attempts to give drama lessons to a group of prisoners staging a version of Samuel Beckett's Waiting for Godot. The film premiered at the special, three-day Special Cannes 202o film fes...
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