GRAND CENTRAL stars two
of France’s most exciting and talented actors - Léa Seydoux, winner of the Palme d’Or in 2013 for
her stunning performance in Blue Is The
Warmest Colour, and Tahar Rahim who received many accolades for his
gripping performance in A Prophet
including two César Awards and Best Actor from the European Film Awards.
Gary
(Tahar Rahim) is young, agile and
a quick learner. He's one of those guys who's never been promised
anything. After a succession of odd jobs, he’s taken on at a
nuclear power plant. There, amongst the reactors and their high doses of
radioactivity, he finally finds what he's been looking for: money, a team, a
family. But the team also includes Karole (Léa Seydoux), the wife of his
colleague, Toni (Denis Menochet),
with whom he falls in love.
While the film may follow the familiar narrative arc of forbidden love and thou shall not covet thy neighbours wife, the film is elevated beyond the average by having two starlets such as Rahim and Seydoux, who are head and shoulders above the rest of French actors currently. Menochet does well with the idiot husband role, Menochet starred in the brilliant French drama The Returned, which has provided a springboard to many a French actor in recent years.
At times beautifully shot when in the countryside, and the young director Rebecca Zlotowski (Belle epine) has an observant eye to relationships and garners electrifying performances from the actors involved, evoking passion and a certain enigmatic quality not to be missed.
The film is released on Home Entertainment DVD and Download on Monday 10th November by StudioCanal.
www.studiocanal.co.uk
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