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Playing Dead

Playing Dead

2013 · 104 min · ★ 5.4 · Comedy

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

Directed by Jean-Paul Salomé · Written by Jean-Paul Salomé

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