Signed by Mathieu Delaporte and Alexandre de La Patellière, Le Prénom is a cinematic adaptation of their successful play of the same name, which was performed no fewer than 250 times at the Théâtre Edouard VII in Paris. The film also stars most of the actors from the play (with one exception: Charles Berling replaced Jean-Michel Dupuis) – which didn’t require much rehearsal before filming!
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In Name We meet Vincent, who is about to become a father for the first time. At dinner with Élisabeth and Pierre, her sister and brother-in-law, in the company of her childhood friend Claude, a question is asked about the future name of the child, a simple question whose answer will cause a tornado and movers. Some unpleasant topics from their past. Between heated arguments about the names we can give our children (or not) and the unspeakable things we no longer keep to ourselves, no one expected the evening to reach this point.
A true public and critical success, Name Upon its release in 2012, it became the third highest-grossing French film of the year, in addition to being nominated five times for the Césars, where it won Best Actor and Best Supporting Actress awards for Guillaume de Tonquedec and Valerie. Benguig.
The feature film has the peculiarity of starting from a sensitive topic in our society, namely, the choice of names for newborns, which is often accompanied by family discord or unfavorable and unwanted opinions of friends, to expand to other topics. In NameThe discussions are colorful and angry, including the loss of the famous scene, its survival and the legendary scene that we have brilliant and late. Valerie Benguig, a monologue where he releases all the accumulated anger. Discussions that are, to say the least, passionate, that question family and friendship relationships and really provoke a lot of reflection on social clichés.
The actual play took place behind closed doors in an apartment turned battlefield – and therefore without a subplot – the film relies on the rhythm and spontaneity of the actors’ performances to be as realistic as possible. And realistically it is: a moment of pure comedy, both dramatic and exciting, punctuated by tongue-in-cheek and authentic dialogue. Unrelenting delirium to watch and rewatch without moderation.
Name By Alexandre de la Patellier and Mathieu Delaporte with Patrick Bruel, Valerie Benguighi, Charles Berling…
from the age of 12
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