After Tapp and Moliere, Laurent Lafitte will play the famous author opposite the “first international French star”.

After Tapp and Moliere, Laurent Lafitte will once again slip into the costume of a person! Actor Sasha Gitri will play!

A lover of words, Gitri makes excellent use of the specific means of cinema. A king of disguise with inimitable catchphrases, he played several roles in The Pearls of the Crown in 1937. This film is the first in a series of very personal historical murals… Who Was Sasha Guitry?

He will play the role of a dramatist in the film, the shooting of which has just started. This is Sarah Bernhardt, Divine, directed by Guillaume Niclu. French movie disseminates information, presents it as “The first international French starAnd the first film dedicated to this woman known as the Tragedian. Sandrine Kiberlen directs her treatment to this celebrity from the art world.

The story begins in Paris in 1915. Sarah Bernhardt was 70 years old then. The day after his leg was amputated, he confided in his godson, Sacha Guitry, a young author, about a passionate story he had experienced as a child…for a brilliant author and actor named Lucien Guitry, his father. Sacha.

Who was Sarah Bernhardt?

“This woman was incredibly modern in her views and personal life, the first influencer and the first world star. The film will not be an official biopic, but will deal with certain aspects of his life from 1884 to 1923.According to François Kraus, one of the film’s producers, in the columns of Film Français.

Sandrine Kiberlain and Laurent Lafitte from the Comédie-Française will be joined by Amira Cassar (Louise Abema, artist and Sarah Bernhardt’s best friend), Pauline Etienne, Laurent Stocker and Sébastien Pouderoux, both from the Comédie-Française. .

From Sasha Gitri to Moliere…

Remember that Laurent Lafitte will also be Molière in The Imaginary Molière, the trailer for which was recently released (see above).

Olivier Pi’s film will be released on February 14. The story goes like this: Paris, February 17, 1673. As every evening, Moliere stands on the stage of the Royal Theater of the Palace to play the imaginary sick man. This will be his last performance…

The famous playwright has already met several actors in the cinema. Among them are Philippe Cauberry in Moliere (1978) by Ariane Mnushkin, Bernard Giraud in Marquise (1997) by Vera Belmont or even Romain Duris in Moliere (2007) by Laurent Tirare.

Why “imaginary” Moliere?

Here will be, as the title of the film suggests, a version of “Imaginary“. The reason? The lack of historical documents about the famous playwright. Olivier Pi explains in the film’s press kit: “There are no letters or manuscripts from him. Therefore, we are forced to imagine what happened on that incredible night when he died on stage, acting out his own death and dooming himself to death. On the other hand, we have Armande’s letter to the archbishop the day after Moliere’s death, from which I drew great inspiration. There is also a historical document, the Lagrange Register, which appears in the film. This is not a literary document. It actually describes death. It’s almost freezing.“

and add: “I’m not a historian. I work as a poet. I dream about Armanda, the Baron and all those who were around him. I like this idea of ​​a dream..”

Therefore, the film will be released within a few months of Laurent Lafitte’s portrayal of Tapia.