Monsieur Aznavour: the first thrilling teaser for the biopic with Tahar Rahim

Monsieur Aznavour: the first thrilling teaser for the biopic with Tahar Rahim

Mr Aznavour takes place

These very first images of Mr Aznavour (video at the top of the article), directed by Mehdi Idir and Grand Corps Malade, their third feature film after Patients (2017) e Student Services Office (2019), be careful not to show too much. Their new film, a biopic about the legendary singer-songwriter and actor Carlo Aznavour, tackles a myth comparable to that of Edith Piaf. It’s at The child An immense success, therefore, which, thanks to the great talent of Marion Cotillard, managed to bring the icon back to life without failing.

The exercise is very challenging, but Mr Aznavour can also count a priori on a great actor at his service and that of the memory of the French-Armenian singer who passed away in 2018: Tahar Rahim. Of this, today an actor of a fully international level with successes such as Found guilty AND The snakewe only hear the voice and see only the facial features from far away, quickly.

Charles Aznavour (Tahar Rahim) – Monsieur Aznavour ©Pathé

The voice of his character, that of Charles Aznavour and his own, and therefore neither one nor the other by pure cinematic creation, tends to promise. There is no dialogue in this teaser, just one sentence at the beginning and one at the end. But the energy transmitted by the dancing body, the singing”bring me” which flows through images of concerts, parties and hugs, and the dazzled face of a very young Charles Aznavour already arouses a beautiful emotion. Around Tahar Rahim, Bastien Bouillon and Marie-Julie Baup are in the casting.

If we find inside Mr Aznavour the thoroughness with which Mehdi Idir and the Grand Corps Malade had treated their subject Student Services Officecritical and popular success of 2019, and that Tahar delivers a great performance, Mr Aznavourat Cinema October 23, 2024it could be a magnificent event.

Source: Cine Serie

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