Netflix: this comedy and latest film by Jean-Pierre Bacri surprises

Netflix: this comedy and latest film by Jean-Pierre Bacri surprises



The comedy Family photo cardboard

Added to November 24, 2023 in the Netflix catalogue, the dramatic comedy Family photo entered directly into the Top 10 films. This film, released in 2018 and directed by Cécilia Rouaud, has many qualities, including that of showing a cast brimming with talent. It is in fact a family that will have to strengthen very loose bonds following the death of the grandfather, and the members of this family are in fact played by first-rate actresses and actors.

Family photo
Family photo ©SND

First there are the two girls, Gabrielle and Elsa. Gabrielle is a “statue” for tourists on the docks of Paris, and is played by Vanessa Paradis. Elsa is driven by deep and constant anger and she suffers from not getting pregnant. Camille Cottin lends her features. They have a brother, Mao, a depressed, alcoholic video game designer, played by Pierre Deladonchamps.

Finally, their estranged parents are played by Chantal Lauby, Claudine, and the late Jean-Pierre Bacri, Pierre. When Pierre’s mother, “Mamie”, finds herself alone following the death of her husband, Pierre’s father and therefore grandfather of her children, the parents and children who almost never see each other will have to get together and take care of “Grandma”. . “

The last role of Jean-Pierre Bacri

Jean-Pierre Bacri, great theater and cinema actor, brilliant screenwriter with his partner Agnès Jaoui, has died January 18, 2021, at the age of 69. He left an abysmal void, as his intelligence, his intuition, his charisma and his touching anger have accompanied several generations. Family photo that’s how it is his last film role. She plays his favorite role, that of the “complainer”, whose harshness hides touching flaws.

Family photo recounts several reconciliations. That of the members of a family with each other, but also that of each member of this family with himself. Faced with their grandfather’s mother, then their grandmother’s illness, Gabrielle, Elsa and Mao will find each other again, as will their parents. A story in which the director and the screenwriter find each other the right balance between comedy and drama. And which offers Jean-Pierre Bacri the opportunity for one last heartbreaking performance.

Source: Cine Serie

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