2 million copies sold: 34 years later, this iconic song will be turned into a movie

34 years after the release of the song “Place des Grands Hommes“Soon it may become a feature film. In an interview given to the magazine TV 7 daysSinger and actor Patrick Bruel has confirmed that he is making a film inspired by his 1989 song.

Written by Bruno Garcin and composed and performed by Patrick Bruel, the title appears on the album “So look at it“, which sold more than 2 million copies and was a diamond disc in France. The song evokes the reunion of a group of friends on the steps of the Place des grands hommes, 10 years after graduation.

When a journalist asks the singer if it is true that he is currently working on a film adaptation of his autobiographical song.place of great people”The latter states:Yes, we have been thinking about it for a long time. I’ll talk to you about that soon.”

to the microphoneEurope 1Patrick Bruel explained a few weeks ago that the film’s script was progressing.

“Shooting the video clip was very exciting because there were friends and friendly actors and everyone was in a good atmosphere for 48 hours. No one wanted to leave each other and we wanted to continue the film. There have been various attempts, various ideas, and here we are moving forward. We are moving forward with the script. Maybe it will see the light of day soon.“

“Let’s see what happened to their children“- he adds later.

A film centered on the children of the music video characters?

Therefore, the feature film should focus on the children of the characters of the famous song and thus evoke the journey of the singer’s childhood friends and their descendants.

At this point, we still don’t know if Antoine Duler and Christian Charmettan, who appeared in the music video for “P.Big men’s lace“And in its continuation”for lifeReleased in 1999, the feature film will be in the cast and if Patrick Bruel asks his son, young actor Leon Hesby (recently seen in The Promises of Mother Amanda Sters) to play his son on screen.

We also don’t know who will direct the film and whether or not clip director Elie Churak will return to the feature film.