Stealing Charlie Chaplin: heist comedy in running for Golden Lion

2014/08/29 00:10:45 @Entertainment News Headlines — Yahoo! News

Charlie Chaplin & #039;s son attended the Venice film festival on Thursday for the premier of & quot;The Price of Fame & quot;, a movie based on the true story of two immigrants who dug up the silent-film legend & #039;s coffin for ransom money. French director Xavier Beauvois, of & quot;Of Gods and Men & quot; fame, tells the tale of down-and-out Belgian and Algerian friends in Switzerland who hit on the idea of the theft partly out of greed and partly as a way to meet healthcare costs. The tragicomedy -- in the running for the Golden Lion -- draws an engaging Chaplin-esque performance from Benoit Poelvoorde, with laughs in particular from a scene where the bungling grave-robbers discover they are not the only ones to have demanded a ransom. Chaplin & #039;s son Eugene, who plays a bit role in the flick along with one of the star & #039;s grandchildren, Dolores Chaplin, told journalists in Venice that the film captured well the difficult period when his father & #039;s body was snatched.
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