Gabrielle, Elsa and Mao are siblings, but they don’t mix. Especially not. The first is a “statue” for tourists, much to the dismay of her teenage son. Elsa is angry at the whole world and is desperate to get pregnant. And Mao, a chronically depressed genius game designer, drowns his sorrows in alcohol and psychoanalysis.
As for their parents, Pierre and Claudine, who were separated for a long time, they never did anything to strengthen the family ties. However, during their grandfather’s funeral, they will have to meet and together answer the disturbing question: “What should we do with grandma?”.
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This is the pitch for Photo De Famille, Cecilia Rua’s second feature film. Inspired by the films of Pierre Salvador, Noah Baumbach and Sam Mendes, and in general independent American cinema, which can shoot each other – discomfort and laughter, joy and sadness – the director addresses a serious issue through the prism of comedy. . Thus, he signs a family chronicle that is at once funny, tender and touching, served by an impeccable cast.
The filmmaker especially sees Vanessa Paradis, who he has already shot in the film I became very small, but also directed by Camille Cotin, Pierre Deladonchamp or even Chantal Laub and Jean-Pierre Bacre as the ex-husband. This is the last role of the actor in the cinema, who died of cancer in 2021, at the age of 69.
In an exclusive interview with AlloCiné, Pierre Deladonchamp returned to his collaboration with this actor he loved: “I especially remember the scene we had together at Photo de Famille, where we played father and son.
There was a shot at him and then he shot back at me and even in the reverse shot he was giving it everything he had. During this scene where it wasn’t filmed at all, she actually started crying because we did a little improv at the end of the scene and I said something that touched her about the characters’ relationship.
It was very disturbing that she was crying. he was. This is how I would sum up Jean-Pierre Bakry, this is how I knew him: someone very intelligent, charming and generous.“
Family photo Cecilia Rouault with Vanessa Paradis, Camille Cotin, Pierre Deladonchamp…
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Source: Allocine
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