“Our Wounded Brothers”, shot in 2019, will be released in our cinemas this Wednesday, March 23rd. And this drama offers Vincent Lacoste a new opportunity to shine against the backdrop of the Algerian war.
On February 25, Vincent Lacoste won the first César of his career, Best Actor in a Supporting Role in Illusions for a Lost Movie, after being nominated four times. If it is clearly too early to predict the 2023 ceremony, it will not be surprising to see it for a second compression thanks to our wounded brothers. It would even be credited for his intense and heartfelt performance in the Helle Cistern film.
Inspired by the true story of Fernand Yewton, told by Joseph Andras in the book whose title the film retains, our wounded brothers will sink in 1954 as soon as the Algerian War begins. The incarnation of this independence activist allows Vincent Lacoste to reveal a new aspect of his immense talent, more sensitive and more rude.
“An unusual actor in an ordinary human body, he is constantly evolving”Says Helie Cistern about him in the press kit. “He is a real worker who does not give the impression of it. And he has this boundless quality to be absolutely there, in his character, he does not need to emphasize his participation. He is not in the megalomania of his character. He has such a form of naturalness, ingenuity, humility. Which makes you believe in his characters perfectly. “
Helie Cistern and Vicki Cripps on the set
Until now he was less prone to physical transformations and other changes in appearance, which may lead some to say (incorrectly) that he always played the same roles, Vincent Lacoste is completely credible in the skin of Fernand Yveton. And we just as much believe in his character as the couple he forms with Vicky Cripps, and the film, as the trailer clearly shows, slips from the sweetness of their love to the dramatic consequences of this dark period in French history.
A long taboo subject that the film does not shy away from looking directly into the eyes, with arbitrary arrests, torture and even a guillotine denoting a dictatorial republic: Stages or causes a small part of all these practices that existed then and have been systematized since 1956 to spread throughout this conflict, even though it was the ‘Republic’ that waged this war. Moreover, the Left led until 1958. “
There is an incredible gap between the insufficient representation of this war in our country and its ubiquity in Algeria.
“Calling on these elements also means denying that we can ignore them, but the cinematic issue is their representation.” And this play, Helle Cistern was able to realize it partly thanks to Algeria, which co-produced De nos frères with the wounded and with the support of the Algerian Ministry of Culture. “Without the will to power, we could not have done anything, but not without the help of a younger, more independent generation.”
“You should know that Iveton is considered a mujahideen there, he is highly respected by intellectuals and veterans. The interesting thing when you come to Algeria with the theme of such a film in Algeria, is that everyone in the world was very kind, but there was a reaction among most young people. “Ah, another film about the revolution,” “Another veteran film”…
What if one of our injured brothers, filmed in 2019 and just coming into our cinemas today, after a few delays related to Covid, changed things up a bit?
Source: allocine
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