Love Too Much: Hakeem Gemmill and Laura Phelps face each other in their first feature film, which is as funny as it is moving

28th edition with first time stamp

Created in 1997, the Alpe d’Huez festival takes place, as its name suggests, in a winter sports resort. Located at an altitude of 1,800 meters in the middle of the Yser, the estate has been welcoming thousands of festivalgoers for almost three decades to discover the great titles of upcoming comedy cinema every year.

The 28th edition of the festival, which started on January 13th, is underway: screenings, meetings and signings in the program are marked for the first time this week. Because seven of the ten feature films in the competition are their directorial debuts.

The first film from a popular author

Born in 1987 at 94, Murad Winter is primarily a comedian and writer. Her first two novels, L’Amour c’est surcoté and Les Meufs c’est des gens bien, were particularly notable for their ability to raise contemporary issues of seduction, friendship and tolerance, but also those of gender, descent and religion. In short, an author of his time who managed to captivate a large readership with his confident oral writing, his caustic humor that did not leave the public unscathed and his ability to touch hearts with the authenticity of his heartfelt words.

After working alongside Malik Bentalha (Jack Mimoun and Secrets of Val Verde), Murad Winter returns to cinema with a more personal project, as it is adapted from his first novel: L’Amour c’est surcoté.

Is love really excessive?

Diagnosed as a “bad girl” since childhood, Anis (Hakim Jamil) leads a carnal existence marked by dead calm. Three years after losing Isma (Alassane Diong), his best friend and mentor, he takes his courage in both hands and finally decides to go out and meet new people. Little does Anis know that a great adventure is about to begin, except when he gets close to Madeleine (Laura Phelps). something unexpected Something called “love”.

Featuring a particularly compelling duo of comedians, Love is excessive Argues, despite the cynicism of its main character, that love is the most beautiful elixir of misery. Because behind its particularly sour comedic air, Murad Winter’s first feature film is above all a beautiful attempt to reconcile with life after the painful experience of one of his most difficult trials: bereavement.

A daring comedy that spares no one, L’Amour c’est surcoté quickly reveals itself as a particularly poignant modern tale that can reconcile a younger generation that has lost faith in forgotten dreams.

The first feature film in the main prize competition of the Alpe d’Huez International Comedy Film Festival, which will be shown in cinemas from April 23.