Since the end of November, Emmanuel Courcol has caused a sensation with his new feature film celebrating the philharmonic world: En fanfare. Three years earlier, the director had already triumphed with his eponymous film.
Set to hit theaters in 2021, Un Triomphe tells the story of Etienne (Cad Merad), a struggling actor who agrees to run a theater workshop in prison to make ends meet. Surprised by the acting talent of the prisoners, he embarks on an ambitious project: to stage a play and actually perform it.
In the casting of this wonderful human adventure, we find the emblematic cast of Bienvenue chez les Ch’tis, but also David Ayala (Miséricorde), Sofiane Khams (Mes Frères et moi), Pierre Lottin (Les Tuche), Marina Hand (Jappeloup). ) and Laurent Stocker (plastic gun).
Shooting as close to reality as possible
triumph Inspired by a true story, the story of Jan Jonson. When he discovered his story, Emmanuel Kurkol He immediately understood the complexity of the project, as he explained: We had to reinvent everything because the Swedish prison environment of the 1980s was very far from today’s French prisons.
So, to achieve this end result, the director spent a long period of time observing through loudspeakers in the prison and was able to conduct a video workshop himself outside the walls of Fleury-Mérogis. Then, after initiation, it is time for realization.
Emmanuel Kurkol The choice was made to film in a real prison, Mo-Shokonin Penitentiary Center. The director knows the place well because he shot his documentary Douze Cordons there in 2019.
A difficult challenge, but one that he rose to, as he says: “We have been very well received by the management and the staff have been very cooperative with the inmates.
By making his film as close to reality as possible, Emmanuel Kurkol Cardboard. Proof of AlloCiné rating awarded by national press and viewers: 3.8 out of 5. In addition to receiving a nomination at Cannes, the feature film also won an award at Angoulême.
A true triumph, full of humanity and which offers a completely different perspective on the prison, which is rare in cinema.
Tonight on France 3 at 21:05.
Source: Allocine
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