{"id":8640,"date":"2021-06-10T18:16:58","date_gmt":"2021-06-10T18:16:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/theamericanfrenchfilmfestival.org\/?p=8640"},"modified":"2025-06-12T18:31:34","modified_gmt":"2025-06-12T18:31:34","slug":"the-great-man","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/theamericanfrenchfilmfestival.org\/the-great-man\/","title":{"rendered":"THE GREAT MAN\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-8641\" src=\"https:\/\/theamericanfrenchfilmfestival.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/greatman_poster_338x500-237x350.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"400\" height=\"592\" srcset=\"https:\/\/theamericanfrenchfilmfestival.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/greatman_poster_338x500-237x350.jpeg 237w, https:\/\/theamericanfrenchfilmfestival.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/greatman_poster_338x500-600x887.jpeg 600w, https:\/\/theamericanfrenchfilmfestival.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/greatman_poster_338x500.jpeg 338w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/>THE GREAT MAN<\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: large;\">| 2015 &#8211; 107&#8242; &#8211; Drama &#8211;<br \/>\nCo-Written by Emmanuelle\u00a0Jacob and Sarah\u00a0L\u00e9onor.<br \/>\nDirected by\u00a0Sarah L\u00e9onor.<br \/>\nStarring\u00a0J\u00e9r\u00e9mie Renier,\u00a0Surho Sugaipov,\u00a0Ramzan Idiev, Daniel\u00a0Fassi, Jean-Yves Ruf, Miglen Mirtchev, Sabine Mass\u00e9.<br \/>\nOfficial Selection New directors New Films New York.<br \/>\nIn French with English subtitles.<br \/>\nA Distrib Films US release.|<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><em><span style=\" font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: large;\">Sent to Afghanistan for 6 months, legionnaires Markov and Hamilton are caught in an ambush during an unauthorized expedition.<\/em><br \/>\n<em>Markov saves Hamilton, seriously wounded by rebel fire, but leaves the Legion without honors. Once back in Paris, Hamilton, convalescing, hopes to remain a legionnaire, while Markov, now a civilian and without working papers, tries to make ends meet with his son Khadji. Hamilton lends his identity to his Chechen friend, so that he can work legally. But one day, Markov disappears, leaving Hamiltion disoriented and Khadji alone in the world&#8230; &#8220;An arresting sophomore feature marked by impressive visuals and deep socio-political undertones. &#8221;\u00a0\u2013\u00a0The Hollywood reporter.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3><a href=\"https:\/\/vimeo.com\/ondemand\/thegreatman\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Watch now<\/a><\/h3>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>THE GREAT MAN | 2015 &#8211; 107&#8242; &#8211; Drama &#8211; Co-Written by Emmanuelle\u00a0Jacob and Sarah\u00a0L\u00e9onor. Directed by\u00a0Sarah L\u00e9onor. Starring\u00a0J\u00e9r\u00e9mie Renier,\u00a0Surho Sugaipov,\u00a0Ramzan Idiev, Daniel\u00a0Fassi, Jean-Yves Ruf, Miglen Mirtchev, Sabine Mass\u00e9. Official Selection New directors New Films New York. In French with English subtitles. A Distrib Films US release.| &nbsp; Sent to Afghanistan for 6 months, legionnaires [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":8641,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11,128],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-8640","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-drama","category-women-directors"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/theamericanfrenchfilmfestival.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8640","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/theamericanfrenchfilmfestival.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/theamericanfrenchfilmfestival.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theamericanfrenchfilmfestival.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theamericanfrenchfilmfestival.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8640"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/theamericanfrenchfilmfestival.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8640\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":18225,"href":"https:\/\/theamericanfrenchfilmfestival.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8640\/revisions\/18225"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theamericanfrenchfilmfestival.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/8641"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/theamericanfrenchfilmfestival.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8640"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theamericanfrenchfilmfestival.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8640"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theamericanfrenchfilmfestival.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8640"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}