Rabbi Jacob: Stung by the criticism, Louis de Funes refused to do the scene

Having watered the chestnut tree for decades with television channels, a veritable martingale for a generous audience when they regularly have soft underbelly in the program schedule, it cannot be said that Louis de Funes is an ultra-safe bet for television.

We can no longer count the multiple transmissions of his films, between the Phantom Saga and the Gendarme of Saint-Tropez, Le Corniaud, La Folie des grandeurs, L’aile ou la thigh, La Grande Vadrouille… unforgettable of course. The Indestructible Adventure of Rabbi Jacob. New action tonight on France 2.

“People are quick to find trouble. We’ll always need a laugh!” said the icon of French cinema. Does this mean that French society had a strong tendency to often confuse the actor and his characters with elastic faces? absolutely.

“In life, people look a little bit in his face for what they expect, what’s in the movies, whereas in life he has no reason in the world to act like this or that character that’s written for him. Gerard Ury commented, Interviewed by CBC / Radio Canada When he was editing the film Rabbi Jacob with his translator.

“Louis was stuck…”

It is a fact that the actor was affected by the criticism – yes, there was – about his facial expressions and gestures. So much so that he refused to do the scene Adventures of Rabbi Jacob. An anecdote is provided by Danielle Thompson, daughter of Gérard Uri, screenwriter and dialogue writer on the film, in Mook #45. Schnock Precisely dedicated to Louis de Funes.

“In Rabbi Jacob, the scene where he calls the gendarme said, ‘He makes faces.’ It took a long time to explain to him that they were justified in the action of the story. Louis was stuck. Finally he made up his mind. And again, it remains an anthology moment.

“What’s your name? Pivert, Victor Pivert, like a bird!” We never really get bored of the movie and this sequence…