The biographical genre is on the rise in France: Tapie came to Netflix at the beginning of the school year, followed by Bernadette (a fantastic and extraordinary biopic of Bernadette Chirac), Flo (Florence Artaud) and L’Abe Pierre, who recently arrived. Leaving the cinema (how is this film perceived by the first audience?).
did you know Another biographical film of a French event is being prepared: Mr. Gentleman! We analyze everything we know so far about this ambitious and highly anticipated project.
What will be the plot of the film?
The official content is not yet known. However, we know that Mr. Aznauri will be a biographical film in the tradition of the genre, which tells the story of the artist’s path to fame. It follows the singer’s rise from the 1950s.
“This flight took a long time. This is what he wanted to say. Youth, hardship, poverty, with exiled Armenian parents who didn’t speak French.” pointed out by its director Grand Corps Malade, at the RTL microphonea little while ago.
“Bohemia, the cabaret years right, left. The Piaf years, where he was taken under his wing. He moved mountains to get there. He had nothing to do, and yet he wouldn’t let go. And again, I’m not telling you everything, people will find out a lot. (… ) I won’t tell you more.”
Who leads Mr. Aznauri?
Grand Corps Malade is co-directed with Mehdi Idir, with whom he previously collaborated on Patients and School Life. These two films were very successful, surpassing one million admissions, respectively 1.2 million for admitted patients in March 2017 and 1.8 million for school life in August 2019.
Who is the actor in the movie?
The main role, singer and actor Charles Aznauri, will be played by Tahar Rahim for centuries.
“I’m not giving too much away and he gave an absolutely incredible performance.”Refers to Grand Corps Malade on RTL. “I already knew him. We cast him because we knew he was a great actor.”
We no longer present the actor Tahar Rahim, who was discovered with Un Prophète by Jacques Audiard and whose career is now also international. We can see him in Kevin Macdonald’s Designated Criminal, which earned him a Golden Globe nomination, and in the series The Serpent for Netflix.
Around Tahar Rahim, we find in the casting Bastien Bouillon, winner of the César at the beginning of the year with La Nuit du 12, but also Marie-Julie Baup, who will take on the qualities of Edith Piaf.
How did Tahar Rahim prepare for the role?
The actor had to change his face first. “I had to shave my head and change my eyebrows a bit. There is little gap between the two. (…) You have to shave to be able to glue the wig afterwards. I have too much hair!“, he explained to Quotidien, a few months ago, when he was about to start filming.
study time”Singing, piano, gestures“He also dedicated himself to intense training for this role.”He is part of that small category of actors who can transform themselves. Change yourself physically and change your voice to fit the role. It was beyond what we imagined. He worked like crazy.“, reported Grand Corps Malade, speaking to RTL.
and added: “He watched interviews for hours and hours. She apparently took singing, piano and body language lessons. It has been working for months and months. The work will be paid. You will see, there is something!“
Will Tahar Rahim sing for the film?
Tahar Rahim will sing for the film, although Charles Aznour’s original songs will also be used. As the great corpus Malade states, “She took singing, piano and body language lessons. It worked for months and months. ”
Recall that Tahar Rahim already had the opportunity to sing in a previous film, in this case in Serge Bozon’s film Don Juan, which was released in May 2022, in which he notably sang with Virgin Efira.
Is this an authorized biopic?
Mr. Aznauri will be produced in part by Jean-Rashid Kalousi, the husband of Charles Aznauri’s daughter, Katia Aznauri. According to him, Charles Aznauri would confirm this film project until his death. “He was impressed by the patients, and when I told him I wanted to one day make a movie about his life, he immediately said yes.“.
As Grand Corpus Malade said, “ It died just as we were about to start the project, even though it was working really well. It was really unexpected. We didn’t shoot the film right away. We had to take some time off.
After a few years, the desire is there. The family wants it to happen. We feel strongly about this legitimacy that he has given us. We are right in it. Filming is almost over. We have already started editing. There is a lot of work.”
Release date: When will Mr. Aznauri be released?
Mr. Aznauri will be released on October 23, 2024. Filming has just finished. The goal of preparing in time for the main spring festivals… We celebrate the birth centenary of the famous singer born on May 22, 1924.
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