Dieu est grand, je suis toute petite (2001)

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5.5/10   

Director:

Pascale Bailly

Writers:

Alain Tasma (screenplay) and
Pascale Bailly (adaptation)
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Release Date:

26 September 2001 (France)

Genre:

Comedy | Romance

Plot:

Michèle, 20 years old, feels terrible after having broken up with her boy-friend. She meets Francois...

Plot Keywords:

Veterinarian | Judaism | Wedding | Love | Male Female Relationship

Cast

Audrey Tautou	...	Michèle
Edouard Baer	...	François
Julie Depardieu	...	Valérie
Catherine Jacob	...	Evelyne
Philippe Laudenbach	...	Jean
Cathy Verney	...	Florence
Anna Koch	...	Régine
Max Tzwangue	...	Simon
Mathieu Demy	...	Bertrand
Atmen Kelif	...	Ali
Nelly Camara	...	Laetitia
Jean Reichman	...	Joseph
Bruno Slagmulder	...	Fred
Lucien Melki	...	Laurent
Nathalie Levy-Lang	...	Jessica
Thierry Neuvic	...	Le premier patient
Edwin Gerard	...	Le rabbin
Philippe Guyral	...	Le flic
Laurent Natrella	...	Serge
Saskia Mulder	...	Cécile
Nathalie Zemirou	...	Copine cours vie juive
Carole Zarka	...	Copine cours vie juive
Valérie Dashwood	...	Mannequin terrasse
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Paulette Frantz	...	(uncredited)

Directed by
Pascale Bailly

Writing credits
Alain Tasma		screenplay and
Pascale Bailly		adaptation &
Pascale Bailly		dialogue

Produced by
Georges Benayoun	....	producer
Christine Gozlan	....	executive producer
Françoise Guglielmi	....	executive producer
Alain Sarde	....	producer

Original Music by
Stéphane Malca
Fabrice Naud

Cinematography by
Antoine Roch

Film Editing by
Lise Beaulieu
Jean-Pierre Viguie

Casting by
Stéphane Foenkinos
Brigitte Moidon

Production Design by
Denis Mercier

Costume Design by
Radija Zeggai		(as Khadija Zeggai)

Makeup Department
Odile Fourquin	....	key makeup artist
Christian Gruau	....	hair stylist: Audrey Tautou
Sylvie Mathevet	....	key hair stylist

Production Management
Patrice Arrat	....	production manager
Julien Bouley	....	unit manager
Capucine Chappuis	....	assistant unit manager
Nicolas Daguet	....	production manager
Helene Glabeke	....	post-production supervisor
Alain Monne	....	production manager
Francis Poignard	....	assistant unit manager
Murielle Thierrin	....	assistant unit manager

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Zazie Carcedo	....	first assistant director
Franck Gauthier	....	second assistant director
Virginie Guillot	....	second assistant director
Philippe Letode	....	second assistant director
Laurent Perreau	....	assistant director

Art Department
Dominique Antraygues	....	key painter
Pierre Cotte	....	construction coordinator
David D'Aquaro	....	property master
Irène Galitzine	....	key painter
Sébastien Grangereau	....	assistant art director
Jean-Pierre Ledept	....	painter
Herald Najar	....	assistant decorator
Jacques Pélissier	....	art department assistant
Valérie Rozanes	....	assistant art director

Sound Department
Jean-Luc Audy	....	sound
Sylviane Bouget	....	sound effects editor
Olivier Busson	....	boom operator
Caroline Chatriot	....	sound editor
Jean-Pierre Houël	....	post-synchronization
François Lepeuple	....	foley artist
Olivier Marlangeon	....	assistant foley artist
Pascal Mazière	....	foley artist
Fabrice Naud	....	sound editor
Gérard Rousseau	....	sound mixer
Hervé Roux	....	sound consultant: DTS
Nathalie Vidal	....	sound recordist
Jean-Alexandre Villemer	....	sound recordist
Pascal Vuillemin	....	sound recordist

Camera and Electrical Department
Alessio Anzalone	....	gaffer
Pascale Bailly	....	still photographer
Stéphane Bourgoin	....	electrician
Mathieu Caudroy	....	Steadicam operator
Nathalie Eno	....	still photographer
Gérard Figuerola	....	Steadicam operator
Olivier Goelen	....	grip
Leo Gomez	....	gaffer
Céline Guenancia	....	second assistant camera
René Haan	....	additional electrician
Frédérique Le Hir	....	electrician
Valentin Monge	....	Steadicam operator
Pierre Souchar	....	assistant camera
Jean-Baptiste Thibaud	....	Steadicam operator
Emmanuel Van Wambeke	....	key grip

Costume and Wardrobe Department
Nathalie Clavier	....	costumer

Editorial Department
Mylene Azria	....	post-production
Eric Dardill	....	conforming editor
Béatrice Maleville	....	assistant editor
Lise Roure	....	conforming editor

Music Department
Christine Catherin	....	assistant music supervisor
Eric Michon	....	music supervisor

Other crew
Franck Belaiche	....	production assistant (as Franck Prince)
Thierry Chapat	....	administrator
Sandra Cohen	....	financial director
Irene de Balasy	....	production secretary
Julie Flament	....	production secretary
Josiane Morand	....	script supervisor
Audrey Tautou	....	handwriting
Jerôme Vimard	....	group man

Thanks
Emma de Caunes	....	thanks
Claude Lanzmann	....	thanks
Mathilde Seigner	....	an enormous thank you

Production Companies

• Canal+
• Centre National de la Cinématographie (CNC)
• Dacia Films
• Les Films Alain Sarde
• Studio Canal

Distributors

• Mars Distribution (France)
• Eurocine (Argentina)
• Empire Pictures Inc. (2002) (USA) (subtitled)
• Universal Pictures (Spain) (2007) (Spain) (DVD)
• Yleisradio (YLE) (2007) (Finland) (TV)

Special Effects

• L'Etude et la Supervision des Trucages (L'E.S.T.)

Other Companies

• Cinécam  camera equipment
• Cinécool  opticals
• Les Auditoriums de Joinville  foley recorded at (as Auditoriums de Joinville)
• Planning Caméra  steadicam
• S.I.S.  foley recorded at
• Tapages  sound equipment
• Transpalux  electrical equipment

Also Known As:

God Is Great and I'm Not (USA) (DVD title)
God Is Great, I'm Not (USA) (festival title)
Dios es grande, yo soy pequeña (Argentina) (Spain) (DVD title) [es]
Bóg jest wielki, a ja malutka (Poland) [pl]
Dio è grande, io no (Italy) [it]
Gud är stor, jag är liten (Finland: Swedish title) (TV title) [sv]
Hyvässä uskossa (Finland) (TV title) [fi]
Isten nagy, én kicsi vagyok (Hungary) [hu]
Unglaublich (Germany) (DVD title) [de]

Runtime:

100 min

Country:

France

Language:

French | English | Hebrew

Color:

Color

Sound Mix:

DTS

Certification:

Spain:T | South Korea:15 | Singapore:M18 | Argentina:13 | France:U | Switzerland:7 (canton of Geneva) | Switzerland:7 (canton of Vaud)

Filming Locations:

Paris, France

Company:

Canal+

Quotes:

Michèle: Read it... Read it... This is really good. This one, too. All books on the Holocaust.
François: The Shoah.
Michèle: When did the Holocaust go out? I've always heard Holocaust.
François: They say Shoah.
Michèle: Everyone says Holocaust.
François: Michèle, Holocaust means an accepted religious sacrifice. It was a Shoah, a genocide, not an offering to God.
Michèle: That TV series was called Holocaust. TV is serious stuff.

Movie Connections:

References Jaws (1975)

The New Science of Tautouology

Tautouology should not be confused with tautology, which means 'the needless repetition of an idea'. Tautouology is concerned, on the contrary, with necessary repetitions, that is, with the annual recurrence of a species of elfin creature with large eyes, which once a year appears in films. Tautouology is the most recently created of scientific disciplines, and is thus an indicator of the relentless march of progress in science and technology. Tautous are very rare, and only one specimen is so far known to science. Although it is suspected that there may be a colony of Tautous somewhere, perhaps in France, this has never been proved. The private habits of the Tautou are entirely unknown, and it has never been observed in its burrow. Many theories have been formed about the Tautou, but they are all highly speculative. Certainly, the Tautou has been observed frequently in Paris, and it is thought that this rare creature may have some connection with the Paris catacombs, to which it may possibly retire at night (though this has never been reliably reported by a qualified observer). This film, 'God Is Great but I Am Tiny', preserves valuable evidence on film of the behaviour of the Tautou. This film was made immediately after 'Amelie', when the Tautou is estimated by science to have been 24 years of age. (Tautous are believed to live to a great age, perhaps even 100.) The Tautou is a neotonous creature, that is, it looks much younger than it is, and it preserves childlike characteristics into adulthood. In fact, it is believed by some that these infantilisms will never disappear, or at least many scientists hope not, and that the Tautou will still be a little girl when it reaches the age of 100 which is predicted for it. In this film, a fine contribution is made by Edouard Baer, who delivers an excellent performance as a human, as do Julie Depardieu, Anna Koch, Atmen Kelif, and other humans who surround and interact with the Tautou in this excellent natural history film. The direction of the film by Pascale Bailly is lively, if somewhat over-quirky at times, adopting very much a cinema verite approach (the references to Godard in the film did not go unnoticed by scientists). The theological implications of this study of the religious behaviour of the Tautou, as it wavers in the film from religion to religion (Catholicism, Buddhism, Judaism, you name it), is thought to be a comment upon Heidegger's views of 'being and essence'. Certainly the Tautou says at one point to Francois: 'You aren't Jewish enough.' The social interactions of the Tautou with the humans make this film fascinating to watch, as the Tautou shows extreme volatility, which the humans have trouble coping with. The Tautou is liable to change religions in the same way that the Arctic hare goes from brown to white when the snow falls. Tautou mood swings, emotional seizures, changes of hair style, clothing changes, alterations between loving and hating, all confirm the zoological conclusions arrived at on the basis of other evidence, that the Tautou has a hyper-sensitivity to its social environment and reacts badly to the withdrawal of love. This film is of extreme importance to the discipline of Tautouology, and is recommended to all serious students of this rare mammal.