46 years after the play, a new version with Daniel O’Taylor and Jamel Debussy hits theaters this Wednesday. It’s not quite a remake, but more of a “new proposition,” as Jamel Debuz pointed out to us on the mic.
Jamel Debussy replaces Pierre Richard in a new version of Francis Weber’s popular 70s comedy Toy! In 2022, the film becomes a new toy and rethinks the characters and plot with a special emphasis on social comedy.
As Jamel Debuz pointed out to us on the mic (see our video interview above), this new toy isn’t meant to be a remake, but a “New proposal“, which is fixed in our time.
Plot: Sami lives happily in the suburbs with friends, neighbors and his wife Alice. On his son’s birthday, the richest man in France opens a department store that he owns. Alexander chooses Sami, the night watchman, as his new toy…
The screenplay was written by James Huth and Sonia Shillito, with the collaboration of Mohamed Hamid and Jamel Debuz. The film is directed by James Huth (Brice de Nice).
for memory toy The 1976 version was originally written and directed by Francis Weber, a film in which a journalist (Pierre Richard) finds himself becoming a “man-toy” at the whim of a child whose father cannot refuse him anything. This father (Michel Bouquet), an important businessman, is very busy and shows his love for his son only through lavish gifts. But when she proposes to Francois Perrin, she doesn’t know that the latter will help the child (Fabre Greco) free himself from his father…
For an anecdote, remember that Daniel Otay is no stranger to the world of Francis Weber: in the past he played François Pignon in Le Placard and was also in the cast of La Doublure.
In the credits surrounding the Debbouze – Auteuil tandem, we meet Simon Faleau, who plays the role of the little boy at the center of the film. We have already seen him several times in the cinema, in Le Trésor du Petit Nicolas (2021) and Les Blagues de Toto (2020). Also in the cast is Alice Bellaid.
James Hutt’s new toy, starring Daniel O’Tailey, Jamel Debussy, Simon Faliu and Alice Bellaid, hits theaters this Wednesday, October 19, 2022.
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