Good Driving: Why was Laure Kalam cast as this speedster serial killer?

What is it about? Pauline has her own method for road safety: a trainer at a points recovery center by day, she turns into a spokeswoman serial killer by night.

Why Laura Kalam?

For Pauline, Jonathan Barre wanted an actress who was determined, funny, extroverted, even funny, and above all, as comfortable in the register of comedy as she was in drama. The director recalls: “Actors were offered to me, but all of them were too listed in a well-defined register. I must say that I was dreaming fast. Laura Kalam who surprised me with his ease and naturalness in some very different films, esp ten percentand in only beasts. I was afraid that he would say “no” or that they would take him away …”

“Fortunately, she agreed. We just had to wait eight months. It didn’t matter: the timing of the film allowed it. So we waited for her. She was wonderful, both between takes and during takes. She took it. The role of Pauline was so It’s easy that someone would think that I wrote it for him. And then, what a comrade on the set! Laurie studied at the National Conservatory of Dramatic Arts. He has played a lot in the theater, he knows what a partner is. It’s no coincidence that we ask him more and more and what a photogenic. “

why brittany

Jonathan Barre was born in Quimper, grew up in Duarneness (Finister) and lives in Brittany. Director says: “This is where I feel most comfortable. I could have shot my film elsewhere, but when the team came to find Duarnenes, they liked him.”

“Originally, we wanted to settle in Carantec, in northern Brittany. It’s a great area, but a little too postcard, a little too elegant. For my story I preferred a rougher area, more ‘sardines’, more ‘sailor-fishermen’, more cinematic Guy Ritchie.”

The birth of the project

First, producer Patrick Godot called Jonathan Barre to see if he had the idea for the film to offer him license clause recovery courses: “I haven’t, but I think this topic is great, because these courses are open to everyone, regardless of gender, age or social class, allowing their participants to meet people they can’t meet anywhere else.”

“Which obviously can lead to comical situations. My first instinct, however, was to tell myself that the subject really wasn’t for me. Besides, Colin Cerro In 2014, a documentary film was already filmed, in my opinion, irresistible on this topic (Everything is allowed) and I didn’t see how I could do better. But Patrick insisted that he had more of a genre film in mind. and clicked.”

“The idea of ​​​​a story about a serial killer immediately came to mind. One thing led to another, this killer became the facilitator of this type of internship, who, in search of the memory of his beloved companion, was cut off by a driver, would have only one obsession: to kill all drivers responsible for fatal accidents that fall under his thumb .

Many guests…

On good behavior, Jonathan Barre worked with many friends such as Thomas VDB, Sixtine Aupetit and Olivier Marchal. “I was delighted to suggest that he play a guy out of prison, someone who specializes in cop roles and movies. It’s a short role, but it was good because Olivier is overbooked.”he says.

Thomas Ngijoli in the game!

Thomas Ngijoli appears in the film, but only in the photos, which are supposed to show Pauline’s fiancé, who was cut down by the driver: “As I always do a small cameo in my films, at first I thought of putting my own spin on the photo. Then I realized that these photos represent one of the main characters in the film, so they should be charismatic. A character that people know, which is not my thing.” .

“Since it was not clear that the star actor would agree to appear in the film only in photographs, I searched for a long time and finally offered the ‘job’ to Thomas. Because he has a lot of humor and hindsight. It was wonderful. My decorator hung pictures of Thomas wherever he could. And I carried him with messages in writing to tell me it was as if he was always with us”– says Jonathan Bare.