Last year at Karlovy Vary, French director Steve Suissa presented his biting comedy Le grand rôle, about a man who lies to his wife in order to make her last week of life as pleasant as possible. The central character of Cavalcade may not suffer from a wasting disease, but he will be reminded of his once high-risk lifestyle for the rest of his life. Successful musician Léo has everything: fame, money, luck with women, and good friends. He throws himself heedlessly into anything that might amuse him; he is direct, selfconfident, and rather spoiled. One day everything changes. Léo crashes while driving his expensive car at full speed and wakes up in the hospital. Though alive, nothing will ever be the same again: Léo is forced to cope with life in a wheelchair. The film is based on Bruno de Stabenrath’s autobiographical book. French comedian Titoff was entrusted with portraying the character’s transition from despair and futile rage to his first attempts toward becoming at least partially independent and re-evaluating his former lifestyle.