With Le Jeu, director Fred Cavayé brings to the screen a concept as simple as it is explosive: what would happen if our phones suddenly became public? Around the dinner table, a group of old friends, played by Bérénice Bejo, Suzanne Clément and Stéphane De Groodt, agree to share everything for the duration of a dinner party. It's an idea that seems like fun, but one that reveals the secrets, lies and betrayals buried beneath the surface.
The Game will be broadcast on TF1 on Sunday April 6, 2025 at 9:10pm.
Synopsis: Over dinner, a couple of friends decide to play a "game": each of them has to put his or her cell phone in the middle of the table, and every text message, phone call, e-mail, Facebook message, etc. has to be shared with the others. It's not long before this "game" turns into a nightmare.
The Game could appeal to viewers looking for gritty social comedies, where humor rubs shoulders with discomfort and technology becomes a revealer of embarrassing truths. The film is aimed at an adult audience, familiar with the tensions of married life, friendship, and the little everyday arrangements with the truth.
By exploiting the vulnerability of each individual in front of his or her telephone, the script explores universal situations in which many could recognize themselves. The work follows in the footsteps of films such as Carnage and Le prénom, in which the closed-door setting serves as a catalyst for the breakdown of the unspoken.
With its effective concept and solid cast, The Game offers a contemporary comedy-drama that questions transparency, trust and the gray areas of our digital lives. A film that could provoke laughter and reflection in couples and circles of friends alike.
Our opinion on The Game:
Under its comedy guise, the film evokes profound, highly topical subjects such as adultery, flirtation, homosexuality, spleen, thrill-seeking, relationship problems, dealing with one's children's adolescence...
While one of the couples is in crisis since the husband's invasive mother moved in with them, another guest wonders how to deal with his homosexuality with his childhood friends!
The film's most memorable moment is probably the deep, touching conversation between the father played by Stéphane De Groodt and his teenage daughter.
LE JEU succeeds in its aim: to entertain while telling a story!
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