This Friday, September 16, Disney + will add to its catalog Alain Chabat’s film Didier, winner of the 1998 César for best first director. In this quirky comedy, a former Nobody lends his personality to a Labrador inherited by a football agent (Jean-Pierre Bakry) during his sister’s vacation. One night, the dog suddenly takes on human traits and retains his canine personality…
A masterful first effort, this first film allowed Alain Chabat to make a name for himself as a successful comedy director, which was later confirmed by his second feature Asterix and Obelix: Mission Cleopatra and its 14.6 million admissions at the box office. But did you know which other famous French director who also specializes in comedy inspired Didier’s name?
The man has become famous for attracting attention, in particular, by showing some talent in football. A godsend for his new boss, who was precisely responsible for finding a new player for PSG at any cost. But for the avoidance of any doubt, it is necessary to offer Didier a real identity: thus he was called Didje… Hazanavicius, a Lithuanian football junkie!
Hazanavicius, as in… yes, yes, Michelle Hazanavicius! Little known to the general public at the time, the latter also appears in the film in a very minor role, as a PSG player who suffers an injury. Before that, the future Oscar winner for best director of The Artist cut his teeth at Canal + as a director of commercials (but also of the great subversive La Classe Américaine) as well as the writer of the show Dummies.
Delphine 1, Yvan 0, co-writer of Dominique Farrugia’s first work, he also lent his qualities to the famous director (in the director’s department the “recurring hero” is the idiot in Les Nuls l’mission), a role he also interpreted. Les Nuls in the movie, City of Fear.
Didier, directed and interpreted by Alain Chabat, is now available on Disney+.
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