Tonight on TV: Certified cult, this is the comedy that featured Romain Duris

In 2002, Cedric Klapsich invited us to his AubergeEspagne and we immediately felt at home there. The feature film, broadcast by NRJ12 this Tuesday evening, tells the story of a twenty-five-year-old Xavier who travels to Barcelona to finish his studies in economics and learn Spanish. Once there, he joined a roommate with seven other young men, each from a different country.

The first part of the trilogy, which will be completed by Russian Dolls and a Chinese Puzzle, Spanish innAn exciting generational comedy that favors the mixing of cultures, seduces all.

It’s hard, in fact, not to admire this funny and tender film, which is always so accurate in its portrayal of youth and human feelings.

And it’s hard not to want to rub shoulders with these cute roommates every day, including, of course, Romain Dury. The latter, in the role of Xavier, is exposed to the general public and can say thank you very much Cedric Clappishwho already directed her in The Young Peril, Everyone is looking for their cat and maybe.

“The disjointed, incoherent, and polyphonic side which is primarily the source of comedy”

idea Spanish inn came Cedric Clappish After the latter visited his younger sister when she was an Erasmus student in Barcelona, ​​where she lived with other young people of different nationalities.

“All this continuous, incongruous, and multi-vocal side is above all a source of comedy.”says the director. “Sharing a flat with people who speak different languages ​​is obviously fun, but it’s not just the languages ​​that get mixed up (…) it’s an extraordinary script, a source of comedy, reflection and questioning of Europe and difference in general.”

Cedric Clappish He wanted to use the same working method as when filming Everyone is looking for their cat. “The story was built that way, the ideas didn’t come from the script, but from the locations and the casting, which then fed into the script.”he notes.

“So the film was created out of odds and ends, a bit backwards. This principle seems fundamental to me. Spanish inn Which speaks to the chaotic and inconsistent side of today’s world.”

In Spanish innSo there is Romain Duris And a whole brilliant troupe of young actors, including Audrey Tautou and Cécile de France, who won a César for Most Promising Actress for Isabelle.

Three million viewers went to the theaters to find out about their hectic and friendly daily lives. Meet them tonight, they’re still going strong!

Tonight on NRJ12 at 11:05 PM.

False connection: errors and mistakes of “The Spanish Inn”.