Pixar’s Elementary: Who Are the French Voices?

One year after Buzz Lightyear , Elementary , the new film from Pixar studios, hits theaters this Wednesday, June 21st. Directed by Peter Sohn (Cloudy Passages, Le Voyage d’Arlo), the feature film features 4 elements like the opposite that bring the emotions to life.

In Element City, fire, water, earth and air live in the most perfect harmony. Here lives Flem, a bold and quick-witted young woman with a strong character, and Flack, a sentimental and funny boy, more of a follower. Their friendship challenges Flemmi’s beliefs about the world they live in…

Find out who are the French voices of the 27th feature film from the Pixar studio.

The French sounds of Flam & Flack

In the original version, it’s a young Leah Lewis (seen in If You Knew .. and Nancy Drew) who voices the volcanic flame. In the French version, the heroine has the voice of Adele Exarchopoulos. This is the first time the actress, announced by La Vie d’Adèle in 2013, has voiced a character in an animated film.

When we caught up with the actor to promote the film at the end of the recent Cannes Film Festival, the latter told us that voicing the character in the Pixar films was a dream come true.

“Realization”

“It’s a realization. I’ve been asking my agent for years to arrange for me to do a voiceover for a Pixar movie. He said wait, it’s coming. So when I heard I was going to be cast in this movie, I was so happy, I really wanted to get the part.

When they called me and told me that I was going to lend my voice to Flam, it was an immense joy. And as soon as the trailer with our voices was released, I sent it to everyone, which I usually never do.

This is the first experience in dubbingAdele Exarchopoulos. The actress recently auditioned for Gene Hare’s I’ll Always See Your Face, so she took lessons with a coach to get her voice tone perfectly suited to the character.

I had a coach because I have a difficult voice

He explains it like this:I had a coach because I have a difficult voice. I have this slight urban accent, I speak very fast. So quickly I was told I would need a coach. I worked a lot to find the right rhythm and then you still need a little Disney princess side, so it was obviously a lot of work. It’s different from the film experience, but I think it’s all about hard work and practice.”

The studio chose Vincent Lacoste to play the young and impulsive Flemme. Thus, the actor lends his voice to Flak, an empathetic body of water filled with (literally) tears. The character is voiced in VO by Mamoudou Athie, seen in Jurassic World: The World After and Archive 81.

César for Best Supporting Actor in 2022 for Illusions Perdues, Vincent Lacoste already tried his hand at dubbing in 2017 with Pierre Corret’s character in Gary Sahara.

During our meeting, Vincent Lacoste revealed that he was a big fan of the studio’s films. “I’ve been a big fan of Pixar since I was a kid. I grew up Toy story, 1001 feet, Nemo… They manage to constantly update and these movies will appeal to both adults and children, that’s special. The characters are always very lovable. I was very happy that I was chosen.“

The actor then explains the difference between the experience of filming and dubbing. “VSIt’s a completely different job from acting. Everything goes through sound, so it requires a lot of energy. You have to completely forget about the concept of naturalness, which is necessary in live-action films, where, above all, you have to believe in the situation.

It’s a completely different game.

For dubbing, everything has to go through the voice, so you need impulse, intonations… It’s a very interesting work. I think it brings a lot to acting as well. It’s a completely different type of game, but it’s really fun to play.

It’s quite fun and really accurate because you have to dub for the original dub and respect the pronunciations and labials of the English version. This really needs to be modeled on the words… it’s a very interesting exercise.”

The two actors will soon find themselves in the cast of L’Amour Ouf, Gilles Lelouch’s next live-action film.