Alban Ivanov and Fatsah Bouahmed are the protagonists of Imaginary Doctor, comedy director and screenwriter Ahmed Hamid, co-author of Jill Lelouche’s Le Grand Bain. Meeting with the film crew at the cinema this Wednesday.
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Alex, the same DJ Wethu, is the star of the nightlife. On the verge of burning, he goes to concerts all over the world … until the day when, in the middle of a festival in Morocco, Alex falls badly and falls off the stage. Unmoved by the time of his recovery, he is placed under the watchful eye of Abdel, who dreams of caring for him. The problem is that this is not the case! An unexpected meeting …
A film based on the mechanics of the tandem that separates everything
This mechanism is essential in comic cinema, from silent cinema to those closest to us, with references such as the films of Francis Weber (L’Emmerdeur). “Imaginary Doctor” is based on this idea, about two people who should never have met and who are separated by everything … at least at the beginning of the movie! One star is a DJ, the other a somewhat moon character, an aspiring caretaker. To portray these two characters, who are almost completely opposite, the imaginary doctor called Alban Ivanov and Fatsah Buahmed, a very accomplished duo, which is one of the strengths of this film.
Both have already met, have already worked together, in this case for La Petite histoire de France. But as Alban Ivanov said in an interview, they both had “I really want to make a feature film together“And in the tandem of this first movie, they share a poster”Definitely 50/50“.
Alban Ivanov is very much in the cinema in the spring
Alban Ivanov continues:We are not in the escalation of jokes or in saying the last word. With Fatsah, that’s not exactly what we wanted to doIt was an idea for the actor, who appeared on the big screen in these months of April-May (Les Gagnants released on April 13, Les SEGPA released on April 20) and Les Folies fermières, coming out on May 11).Let it no longer be a situational comedy and let’s play it“.
As its director Ahmed Hamid tells us, inspiration comes from various tandem cinemas or even silent films such as Chaplin, or a duet between Laurel and Hardy. The screenwriter and director we used to know as co-authors of Les Guignols or the movie Le Grand Bain wanted a comedy that combined tenderness and humor.Break the screen, because they can be funny– he adds about his tandem.
Hearing and Buder in an imaginary doctor
In addition to this comic duo, several actors and actresses are participating. Including Smine and Budder, who play a duo of cops who have dubious powers to support part of the movie’s cartoon. “They are comic book characters, these two. They make me think of an Algerian cinema where everything is caricatured. Smain and Budder are cold. Physically they have something similar. The police officers they represent belong to a gendarme family in Saint-Tropez or La Septième Compagnie. These two sympathetic simple do not affect the story, but they bring comedy“, – says Ahmed Hamid.
The Imaginary Doctor is coming out in theaters this Wednesday, April 27, 2022.
Comments collected at the 2022 Alpe d’Huez Festival + taken from the film press kit. Shot: Constantine Matthews / Editing: Julien Segnart
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