A must film
“The witch has some sort of psychological cannibal, or vampire, who feeds on others.” That’s how Jean-Paul Rouve describes Gabriel Matznef, the man he plays with flair in Le Consentement, now in theaters.
Adapted from Vanessa Springora’s autobiographical story of the same name, released in 2020, this feature film (Gueule d’ange) by Vanessa Philo tells the story of the fifty-year-old writer’s destructive influence on the young Vanessa, then 13 years old.
Beyond their highly toxic relationship, this essential film depicts the pedophilia of this predator and the way in which the media, cultural and political world fed his evil by tolerating his actions under the pretext of advancing his profession. About “his art” as a writer.
With its writing, sophisticated staging, room for subject matter and stunning performance by Kim Higuelin, Le Consentement also assumes the presence of an unrecognizable Jean-Paul Rouve in the guise of a pedophile author.
JEAN-PAUL ROUVE proven by his works
At the age of 56, the man who left his mark on us in our happy days, and for many the iconic Jeff Tuche here, dares to wear this real monster trench. The challenge was strangely met by an actor who does not engage in mimicry or mimicry, preferring to incarnate in order to better understand the atrocities committed by the messenger.
“I wondered if he was in perfect mimicry. I was afraid that he would really try to reconstruct the herald’s phrases identically. And I find that what he’s done is much more interesting because he becomes a character that we identify withexplained Vanessa Springora at Quotidien.
What he captured was the essence of a manipulator, a narcissistic pervert… and that’s what’s important, that he becomes a character that shows a control mechanism.“
If the actor in turn confides that he had to work on hundreds of details and failed.Build nothingBecause he did not find humanity in him, he dug into the archives, read his books and changed physically.
“I lost ten kilos under the supervision of a nutritionist and I swam a lot. I had to figure out his routine. Swimming is a sport that allows you to think. I wondered what was going through his mind as he spun.“, he says.
A symbol of horror
“I took care of myself, which I don’t usually do: I did manicures like her, I did UV treatments to get rid of her color, I used face cream in the morning and at night throughout the preparation, which got me there. Look in the mirror, which he did too. All of this stood me in good stead during my three months of training.“
Finally, unable to find common ground with Gabriel Matznef, Jean-Paul Rouve inspired a great horror classic to portray a man who lives in freedom at the age of 87 despite his crimes.
“As for pictures, while talking to Vanessa Springora, I am reminded of Anthony Hopkins’ picture The Silence of the Lambs (…). It has some animal that attracts the same type of prey. He is a troubled man who thinks he is right. So I played the situation by telling myself that he thinks it’s all normal.”
Consent, by Vanessa Philo, cont Kim HigelinJean-Paul Rouve and Laetitia casteNow and exclusively in theaters.
Source: Allocine
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