Will this be the most spectacular French biopic of 2024? Mr. Aznavour, directed by Tahar Rahim and co-directed by Grand Corps Malade and Mehdi Idir, is bound to be an event as this trailer attests.
It shows the impressive transformation of the actress that Jacques Audiard revealed 15 years ago in Un Prophète. Tahar Rahim plays a famous singer over the years and sings for the film himself.
The pitch goes like this: the son of a refugee, small, poor, with a hidden voice, it was said that he had nothing to do. With hard work, perseverance and extraordinary willpower, Charles Aznavour became a monument of song and a symbol of French culture.
With nearly 1,200 titles performed worldwide and in every language, he has inspired entire generations. Discover Mr. Aznauri’s extraordinary and timely journey.
Mr. Aznauri tells us about the artist’s path to fame. It traces the singer’s rise from the 1950s.
Who leads Mr. Aznauri?
Grand Corps Malade is co-directed with Mehdi Idir, with whom he previously collaborated on Patients and School Life. The two films were very successful, surpassing one million admissions, respectively with 1.2 million admissions for Patients in March 2017 and 1.8 million admissions for School Life in August 2019.
Is this an authorized biopic?
Mr. Aznauri will be produced in part by Jean-Rashid Kalousi, the husband of Charles Aznauri’s daughter, Katia Aznauri. According to him, Charles Aznauri would confirm this film project until his death. “He was impressed by the patients, and when I told him I wanted to one day make a movie about his life, he immediately said yes.“.
As Grand Corpus Malade said, “ Died before starting the project, despite working very well. It was really unexpected. We didn’t shoot the film right away. We had to take some time off.
After a few years, the desire is there. The family wants it to happen. We feel strongly about this legitimacy that he has given us.”
Mr. Aznauri will be released in theaters on October 23, 2024.
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