This first achievement of the famous French actor is a comedy that should not look with my mother!

This is a funny story that Laurent Lafit chose as the subject of his first feature film as a director. A former resident of Comédie-Française, an emblem figure of a French film, first set off behind the camera in 2020, on the day of filming on the day of filming.

Adapted to the episodic play of Sébastien Thirery, this black and satirical comedy has a Parisian quarantine. The latter one day notes that his heart stopped beating, but that does not prevent him from living normally.

Take the world of origin

After asking for the advice of her best veterinary friend Michelle, Jean-Louis returns to Guru, who thinks she can heal. To do this, the latter will have to provide him with a photo of his origin from the world. He then decides to persuade Michelle to seduce the mother, to occupy the cliché in her place.

Long -time project for an actor who became director, Laurent Lafite, does not take into account another story than it is for the first feature film: “This story was so dwelling. I was so thrilled that I didn’t want to write something else for my first movie.”

In the beginning, the latter wanted to play the role of Michel, as it is the most funny character in the plot in his eyes. After the reflection, the role was finally entrusted with Vincent McAnia, and Laurent Lafite dedicated the lead role of Jean-Louis: “I would make a very different michelle and much less funny than Vincent Makania.

Changes to adapt to cinema

The role of Jean-Louis’s wife was shaken for the needs of adaptation, and a fit for Karin Vard, who signs one of the best performances in her career. In order to get out of the play codes adapted to the cinema, Laurent Lafite also wanted to add many external sequences, especially to enhance the main aspect of the play.

The origin of the world Laurent Lafit will leave Netflix catalog on September 14.

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