Tonight on TV: when Guillaume Canet raises the alarm in a tragic true story

In the name of the eartha drama that lasts

In 2019, drama In the name of the earth it is a success with audiences and critics. Edouard Bergeon tells his own family story to bring the serious problems of the peasant world to the screen. An intimate and family drama as much as the chronicle of a collective tragedy. In fact, at the time of its release, every day a farmer commits suicide. Very heavy legislative and economic pressures, over-indebtedness, issues that are still relevant today and are the result of decades of difficulties that Edouard Bergeon knows well.

In fact, Edouard Bergeon, the son of a farmer who committed suicide at just 16 years old, then became a local journalist documentary filmmaker specialized in the rural and agricultural world. After six documentaries, through which Edouard Bergeon wishes to change the often condescending gaze of an audience accustomed to the clichés linked to the rural world transmitted by reality TV and the media, he thus adapts his first documentary, The children of the earthin a fiction feature film directed notably by Guillaume Canet and Anthony Bajon, Veerle Baetens and Rufus.

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Guillaume Canet wanted to direct the film

Success because its director knows the subject personally and deeply, In the name of the earth it’s also because his casting delivers great performances. The actors are involved, especially Guillaume Canet, who was so attached to the film project that he initially wanted it make it happen.

Indeed, how Edouard Bergeon explains itand of opportunity that the actor and director discovers the documentary on television The children of the earthone evening in November 2016 while he was shooting the film My boyfriend. He immediately spoke to the producer of My boyfriend, Christophe Rossignon, telling him that he would like to make a feature film, which he would direct. The coincidence is beautiful, given that the producer replies:

The film is written and I will produce it.

An ultra involved actor

The project therefore already existed when Guillaume Canet dealt with the topic, and was born from the meeting between Edouard Bergeon and Christophe Rossignon, whose two family histories have points in common. Guillaume Canet will therefore not realize it In the name of the earthbut after reading the script he decided to get involved as much as possible, and thus became Pierre Jarjeau, the main character and cinematic alter ego of Edouard Begeon’s father.

Guillaume read the script and immediately became deeply involved, immediately embracing the agricultural cause. The earth speaks to him; he knows the men who work there because he grew up near them. Guillaume knows the farmers, their attitudes, their way of behaving, their rigidity, their hardness when faced with the rigors of work. Armed with all the knowledge about him and the additional information I gave him about my father, Guillaume built a larger than life farmer character, with the approach of a man of the land, damaged by years of work.

For Edouard Bergeon it was essential that the authenticity of his story and images was maximum, knowing that the rural audience who would discover In the name of the earth he would be very careful about his portrayal. To achieve this objective, Guillaume Canet therefore worked on the veracity of his performances, in the match as in his own physical incarnation of the character.

Guillaume absolutely wanted to be like my father. He has gone very far! Mustache and especially a bald patch. And there was no point in talking to him about prosthetics!!! We exchanged a lot together to achieve this incredible transformation. The first time I saw him wearing makeup, I thought I was seeing my father again.

A big success

In the name of the earth ends the year 2019 in Top 5 French films at the box office. The total is 1.975 million entrieswhich puts him behind What else have we done to the Good Lord?, We’ll finish together, Unfortunate AND Exceptional. An excellent performance achieved throughout France, with the exception of Paris and its suburbs, representing only 143,000 of these entries. Produced on a budget of 5.7 million eurosit is a major financial success with significant profitability.

The world of cinema also reserves some nice recognition for him, with the Valois for best actor for Anthony Bajon at the Angoulême Film Festival and three nominations for the 2020 Césars, including that of César for best first film for Edouard Bergeon.

Source: Cine Serie

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