‘Patrick Chirac is a character far removed from me’: What if the real Frank Dubosque was him in ‘Jurassic Park’?

Over the years, Franck Dubosque has been an important figure in French comedy: Les Petites Annonces by Élie Semoun, Camping, Disco, Boule & Bill saga, All Inclusive, 10 days without a mother… After a 40-year career, the actor makes surprises. Directed and starring in the thriller Un Ours dans le Jura.

For his third production, Frank Dubosky signs a black comedy in the tradition of the Coen brothers’ Fargo. In this film, Michelle (Dubosky) and Cathy (Lauren Kalam), a couple worn down by time and financial difficulties, don’t really speak to each other anymore. Until the day Michelle crashed into a car while trying to avoid a bear on the road, killing two of her passengers. Two deaths and two million worn records in the safe… Obviously, it makes you want to talk again.

After moving on to direct Tout le Monde Debout in 2018 – a critical and public success that drew more than 2.4 million viewers to cinemas – Franck Dubosque changes register here. A real turning point in his career.

15 years of desire to achieve

The actor wanted to switch to directing for many years. When Eric Lavigne’s Incognito came out in 2009, Frank Dubosk had already expressed his desire to direct with our microphone. However, it took nine years before he took over. at the exit of Everyone is standingHe confided to the press kit:I have always and never wanted to be a director. I always say, because my first steps in the world of cinema, I took behind the Super 8 camera, I was 14 years old, I wrote small scripts that I shot.

I will never add because I quickly realized that I had to become a director and a chef, which I did not want. As I became an actor, over the years I met more and more people who said, “You write your shows, you direct them, you write certain movies, so you direct them.” I systematically replied that it was a profession in itself and I would only touch it if I had a subject that justified it.

Today, after I decided, I still don’t consider myself a director, but a director of Tout le Monde Debout. You have to stay humble. Like I said, I’ve never done anything exciting, exciting, fulfilling.”

As an actor, I have shot a lot to get love. I suddenly said to myself: maybe at some point I should love myself a little.

Two films and seven years later, Frank Dubosky returns to our microphone to discuss his evolution as a director: “As an actor, I have done many shoots to get love, to be loved. I suddenly said to myself: maybe at some point I need to love myself a little, do what I want and be honest. I have always been honest in my approach, but I want to be even more so. That’s why I waited so long before I dared to direct.”

Movies that are more like it

When asked about the difference between the roles he has played in the films he has written and the roles he has been offered, he tells us, “In the end, the films I make are more like me because I wrote them alone, except for Un Ours dans le Jura, which I wrote. Sarah Kaminsky. But yes, it seems more to me.

That said, before I did something, I had to go through other roles, other characters to find myself. In the end, Patrick Chirac is a character far removed from me. It’s hard to play. I don’t walk in the street like that. “

I had to go through other roles to find myself.

In the press kit for Un Ours dans le Jura, Dubosky, who plays Michel, a life-weary and debt-ridden man, explains: “I wanted to be that broken, erased man… That’s the range that I’m interested in as an actor. I like playing vulnerable characters more and more. I’m getting tired of those with false panache.

if you look A fresh startHe was already inclined to do so. And even going back, Patrick Chirac from Camping and the other characters are naive people caught up in reality. With Michelle, I just pushed the ‘off’ side further.”

along with A bear in the JurassicFrank Dubosky proves that he can reinvent himself, both in his choice of roles and in his storytelling. This bold turn away from popular comedies reveals a new side of the artist, more introspective and nuanced. This film marks a turning point in his career and confirms his desire to move on to a new stage. So get ready to discover another side of the artist.

Jurassic Park is currently available in theaters.