Did you like Dikeneck? The best Belgian comedy director returns to cinema with a very funny comedy!

What is it about?

Sébastien, a conscientious and professional train conductor, dreams of being transported to the south of France. To confirm the transfer, he must make one last routine trip under the watchful eye of Madeleine, a slightly sociopathic inspector who has no intention of letting him go.

Here, everything goes off the rails: between a driver who thinks he’s flying a fighter jet, a very jealous colleague, and passengers who are all crazier than the other, what was supposed to be a formality turns out to be the worst trip of his life. .

remember It was in 2006, in the middle of the soccer world cup. A Belgian comedy with the intriguing name Dikkenek (Belgian pronunciation for “loud mouth”) is out, with a 5-star cast: Marion Cotillard, Francois Damianes, Melanie Laurent, Florence Forrest, Jeremy Rainier… a little bit. , thanks to the TV shows, this film was to become a cult, bringing the cursors of humor and silliness to the maximum, with Belgian sauce.

After the success of the comedy “Luck” due to the Covid crisis (the film was released in February 2020…), the director returns with a new comedy, the title of which immediately calls out: Please apologize. created discomfort. A long title that definitely refers to the delays that can occur in public transport, in this case the train.

Almost the entire plot of this film is located on this train, which turns out to be the site of a delirious camera and offers a boulevard to its actors, who seem to have had a lot of fun making this film…”When I read the script, I saw a movie that was political and crazy, which made me think of the crazy world of Brothers Farrell dad’Adam McKay That I adore – with a touch of the absurd in madness and close to Quentin Dupuis of the second degree. I found that this was a project that speaks to the present and that this train, which brings together a gallery of strange and eccentric characters, was a metaphor for the current world.Elsa Zilberstein explains in the press kit.

Rarely did Elsa Zilberstein show herself in such a strange light, especially recalling her cheeky part in Frank Dubosky’s All Upside Down, but she went much further in the comedy register. “The energy he put into character development was extraordinary. He could adapt to any situation and improvise“, explains director Olivier Van Hofstadt. And he adds: “He is genuinely open to madness. It doesn’t take much to remove it“Much of it is left to improvisation, so that the actors and actresses can embrace their role as much as possible.

Artus excels at this completely overwrought character with this score, which seems to have been written for measure. All the secondary characters (Benjamin Tranier, Sara Succo, Jean-Luc Couthar, Philippe Duques…) give this comedy, which seems boundless in its humor. “The goal was to go full time like the 600hp Audi RS6! I wanted to bring him to a turning point“, begins Olivier van Hoofstadt.There are perfectly conjectural situations that have nothing improbable, because I like the surreal side of this form of humor, a bit Belgian. Of course, there will always be those who tell me it’s unbelievable, but honestly, it doesn’t matter.“

Please forgive us for the inconvenience. And if the wacky humor wasn’t enough for you, get ready for the DVD…”There will be scenes in the DVD bonuses that are over the top and that I didn’t want to edit into the movie. I was most happy that his father told me when he saw the movie “It’s fireworks,” according to Olivier van Hufstadt.