71 years old, more than 80 films and 2 Cesars: why is this actor rare in cinema?

“When I can do something without being stupid, I try!”* Frankly, Michelle Banks recently said that she was making fewer films, more tidying up sentences.

In 2022, the 71-year-old actor was not in any of the films released that year. In 2023, he was a bit more, with three films released in the space of 12 months, in this case Les Cadors with Jean-Paul Ruves, the surprise success Les Petites Victoires and most recently Marie-Line and her judge.

I refused five or six proposals this year

In a recent interview with Le Journal du Dimanche, Michel Blanc explained his recent role choices. “When I can do something without being stupid, I try! And sometimes I don’t feel it.“And let’s add:”I refused five or six proposals this year. I trust my intuition.“

What are the projects in 2024?

While Michel Blanc is on Tuche 4 tonight on TMC, let’s take a look at her movie year. He will star in a new film by Swiss director Lionel Bayer. The film, called La Cache, is an adaptation of the novel by Christoph Boltanski, which tells the true story of his family. The book received the 2015 Femina prize.

The pitch goes like this: Christophe, 10 years old, experiences the events of May 68, hidden in his grandparents’ house, surrounded by his uncles and great-grandmother, all surrounded by a mysterious cache.

To be specific, Michel Blanc was supposed to star in a comedy that was scheduled to be shot in Marrakesh in January and February 2024 in the exact region of the epicenter of the earthquake, and was therefore put on hold.

What about Bronzés 4?

For all those hoping for an episode of Bronzés 4, he points out that it would be without him if the project were to come to fruition. “No, I won’t participate, it’s over. This is just my opinion, beware!“

Bronze finished! But that’s just me, beware!

and added: “This will hit the wall. First, I’m not crazy about 3, so 4 is out of the question. At our age, we seem to be hanging on branches. Jean-Claude Deuce, the public has what it wants because movies are constantly on television. I am no longer him physically, morally and artistically.“

To return to directing?

They are not going to return to directing for Michel Blanc either. The desire is there, but with a strong demand. “I want to, but not with anything. I don’t have original ideas, I can’t find anything good in the novels people send me to adapt. At my age it’s like Scrabble, counting years three times. To spend two years on a feature film, you really have to want to do it. So I’m more careful.“

Michel Blanc’s last production was See How We Dance, which was released in 2018.

* Excerpt from an interview for Le JDD in October 2023