The novelty of breathing blows on French comedy
Avignon tells the story of Boulevard Actor Stephanie, who, during the episodic festival, is seduced by the Cross Class Actress, says she plays at the CID. The lies that he will have to continue with the festival time … but which will exceed it very quickly!
Get a unique decor: a beautiful city of Avignon, animated with its famous festival; A pretty troops of colorful actors: Baptiste Lecaplain, Alison Wheeler, Lyes Salem, ELISA Erka, Constant Carblet and Rudy Milstein; Incredible and dynamic square between love and humor; The original staging… and you will get this unique and sparkling comedy, the first feature film by director Johann Dionette!
The latter, who was accustomed to the Avignon Festival, where he has long played as an actor, has invested much of himself in this first film. Originally created as a short film in which he played the main character, the project gradually developed to a more ambitious film. There we find the same living energy as in short format, but Dionette this time chooses the withdrawal of Baptiste Lekaplen’s lead role, and when taking Patrick, it is more secondary but as much as it is.
What makes Avignon’s novelty, Grand Prix, Alp d’Huaz’s latest International Comedy Film Festival, is that it does not follow the traditional recipe for French comedies. Tony decomposition, theater -worth dialogues, musical interlides: The film combines as a satire, absurd, self -artistic and social criticism, in the familiar registry, yet. Staging deliberately minimalist, sometimes theatrical, almost “crafts”. Thus, Avignon proclaims its independence and form of artistic honesty in the format of producing a real nose.
Laughter, tears … but not just!
The film offers a new look in the world of the theater and the sinking of authentic sinking in the world of Avignon festival, which emphasizes the background of the theater world and its problems: difficulties that can meet independent troops, the classical hatred between the popular theater and the classical theater, the hugeness of the actor’s profession …
Far from clichés, this comedy is not satisfied with the laughter of people, but it offers a theatrical environment, its hypocrisy, the logic of its power or its compromises. By planting in the middle of the festival, the director tries to deny the real flaws of the often protected, idealized, even sector sector, which he himself has undergone inequality. It takes comedy codes there to cope with other deeper topics, such as intermittent status, generational conflicts, cultural elitism or recognition …
A sophisticated game by comicists more true than life
Director and actors, which include the Movie Carblet, Lyes Salem and Rudy Milstein, are also the regular life of plates. Comedian or playwrights training, they regularly play in the theater and participated in the Avignon Festival for several years. A unique but comprehensive experience with a comprehensive experience that they have been able to transform the screen with brilliance.
The titles or new faces, the art of managing their words, their gymnastics, and their emotions make them convincingly, deep and nasty characters who manage to laugh out loud. The validity of their festival experience allows them to perfectly restore the extraordinary energy and atmosphere of life. This gap enriches comedy in the human and social dimension and manages to study final themes such as lying, love or rivalry.
The real breath of novelty, as funny as authentic, Avignon must now be found in the cinema.
Source: Allocine
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