Playing Dead (Je fais le mort): Rome Review

Francois Damiens ("Suzanne") and Geraldine Nakache ("All That Glitters") star in Jean-Paul Salome's latest feature, which premiered out of competition in Rome. A floundering actor finds a new vocation as the star of a tangled crime scene reenactment in Playing Dead (Je fais le mort), a smart and frequently funny caper comedy from writer-director Jean-Paul Salome (Female Agents). Featuring Francois Damiens as a former movie celeb who muddles the investigation of a small-town triple murder, and Ge...