“Breath of Oxygen”: rating 3.9/5 is the best movie starring Ahmed Silla

Comedian and actor Ahmed Silla is this week participating in Ludovic Bernard’s comedy Ici et là-bas, which was presented in competition at the 27th edition of the Alpe d’Huez Festival.

The actor shares the bill with Hakim Gemili and Hugo Becker. The film tells the story of Adrien (Jemily), who lives in Senegal for fifteen years, he forms a happy mixed couple with his wife Aminata. Returning to France due to a visa problem, he is greeted by Sékou (Sila), his wife’s cousin who lives in Paris and is of Senegalese descent. Although it takes time to find a way to return, Adrien will have to reunite with Sékus, who will take him to the terroirs of France. Between Adrien, who is more Senegalese than his cousin, and Sekou, who will meet the eyes of the customers for the first time, the duo is in for a lot of surprises.

This is Ahmed Silla’s second collaboration with director Ludovic Bernard after L’Ascension. The filmmaker immediately thought of an actor for the role of Seku. He recalls: “Obviously, we have a very strong relationship: Ascension was a bit like our Everest for both of us, and I really wanted to find it again.”

Ahmed Sila has a career in front of the camera spanning more than 10 years, with 20 serials and films as an actor. From his debut in the horror-comedy Aim of the Dead with Alban Lenoir, to the adaptation of the successful comics La Guerre des Lulus, including the comedies Jumeaux mais pas trop, Inséparables, Les Femmes du Square, Le Dindon or our very small. In marriage, the young 33-year-old actress plays roles.

What is the best film in the filmography of Ahmed Silas?

And exactly that is Ascension (2017). Ludovic Bernard which is the highest rated feature film in Ahmed Silla’s filmography by AlloCiné viewers. With 7034 ratings and 493 reviews, the comedy has an average rating of 3.9 out of 5 stars.

The actor’s first major role, “Rising” follows Sam, a young man who leaves his public housing project for the love of Nadia (Alyssa Bellaid) to climb the mythical 8,848 meters that make Everest the roof of the world. A departure that excites his friends, then the whole of 9-3 and soon the whole of France follows with emotion the exploits of this ordinary but loving young man. The result is a message of hope: everyone can invent their own future, because anything is possible.

In 2017, The Ascension, presented in competition at the Alpe d’Huez International Comedy Film Festival, brought 1.13 million viewers to French theaters and launched Ahmed Silla’s film career. Ludovic Bernard Adapts the book by Nadir Danduni”Loser on the Roof of the World”. This incredible story is indeed inspired by a true story, even if the director moved away from the source material.

Ludovic Bernard actually explains that he has not read Dandoon’s book. “I hadn’t read the book and still haven’t, because I wanted to get away from it in my film. I just heard about the story when it was published in 2008. C This is a script that had already been quoted in the Cité du Cinéma for some time…“For example, the romance between Sam and Nadia does not appear in an autobiographical novel.

Did Ahmed Silla really climb Mount Everest?

Although the actor did not actually climb Everest, the film was at least partially shot in Nepal, but not on the roof of the world, which was too dangerous. The team took a helicopter tour of the location in January (one of the coldest months) to film there in the spring.

The team also went to Chamonix mainly because there was not enough snow in Nepal. “We walked around the Aiguille du Goûter, a place very similar to the summit of Mount Everest. This is where we brought the totem and recreated the intermediate camps that the mountaineers in the film go through. Paradoxically, it was more difficult in Chamonix than in Nepal, as we were actually waist deep in snow, which is not very convenient for work!“- explains the director in the press conference.

“A real breath of fresh air”

With a majority score of 4/5, the film has been described as “a real breath of fresh air”, “a sensitive film”, “a good bit of fun”, “moving” or even “a new feel-good film”. ” by Internet users who wrote a review.

The vast majority of the latter appreciate the provisionAhmed Silla : Aymen b “Ahmed Silla and Alisa Bellaid transmit the joy and warmth – too often hidden – from the 93-year-old and from all the suburbs of France!”, And for Serge V “Ahmed Silla is excellent and brings his capital likability to the role“, notes benoitG80 in turn “Ahmed Silla is quite convincing” And MatPunisherX writes that“Ahmed was the perfect actor for this film“. Finally, Adrian M “The promotion will give Ahmed Sila a very good career Omar C.”