More than 30 years after the winter of ’54, Abbé Pierre, a new film about the life of Abbé Pierre is coming to cinemas: L’Abbé Pierre – The Fighting Life. After Lambert Wilson, it is Benjamin Laverne who takes this leading role in the cinema.
After the first photos, in which his metamorphosis was already impressive, the trailer shows the great work that the actor did to get the features of Abbé Pierre, from his youth to the end of his life in 2007.
As he told us during the Cannes Film Festival, where the film ended its screening, “I really want the film to remain in people’s hearts. The goal is to open the blinds, to make them porous again in the good sense of the term, to the suffering of others, and above all, never to get used to the suffering of others.“.
and add:I think Abbe Pierre’s legacy is great through Emmaus, through the work of the Abbe Pierre Foundation. And for a motion picture to take that subject and turn it into a great romantic adventure film, a story of the century, and such an intimate portrait of this gentleman, which is absolutely extraordinary, is a way to continue the struggle.“.
The resident of the Comédie-Française has made a name for himself in the general public, notably in the casting of Eric Toledano and Olivier Nakache’s Sens de la fête, Hugo Gélin’s My Stranger or even adapted speech. from Fabcaro.
The trailer also shows one of the important characters of the film, Lucie Koutas, played by Emmanuelle Berko. He accompanied Abbé Pierre in his fight against poverty for more than forty years. An indomitable soul, a loyal right-hand man and a heroine who agreed to remain in the shadow of myth, she finally enters the memories with this film.
L’Abbé Pierre – Une vie de combats (formerly titled Les Onze vies de l’Abbé Pierre) is directed by Frédéric Tellier (Goliath, Save or Die, L’Affaire SK1).
Born into a rich family, Henri Grues was at the same time a resister, a deputy, a defender of the homeless, a revolutionary and an iconoclast. From the seats of the National Assembly to the slums of the Paris suburbs, his commitment to the most vulnerable has earned him international fame. The creation of Emmaus in the winter of 54 and the tidal wave of its unforgettable appeal made it an icon. However, every day he doubted his actions. His weakness, his suffering, his barely believable intimate life remained unknown to the general public. Enraged at misfortune and injustice, often criticized, sometimes betrayed, Henri Grues had a thousand lives and fought a thousand battles. He wrote history under his own name: Abba Pierre.
L’Abbé Pierre – A Life of Struggles hits theaters on November 8.
Source: Allocine

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