Finally: Claude Lelouch fans will be satisfied

Claude Lelouch andthe art of escape

As often happens in Claude Lelouch’s films, reality is never far from fiction. During the premiere of In the end in Bordeaux together with Kad Merad, the director explained to us that he had met all the characters from his films in real life and had listened to all the dialogues. And he tried for 60 years, like a reporter of his life, to be one “the witness of his time ». In his fifty-first film, the filmmaker continues to question humanity and feelings. It also offers a deep reflection on the paradoxes of our slightly crazy times and their impact on mental health.

I wanted to film scents of freedom in a world where there is less and less of it, where family and work have become prisons, with social networks where nothing can be said anymore. I wanted to paint a portrait of a man whose illness allows him to regain his freedom and say whatever he thinks.

There are numerous opportunities for Lino (Kad Merad) to speak without filters in the film, during multiple face-to-face encounters, sometimes funny, often provocative and sometimes uncomfortable. In the end it also judiciously addresses the differences in social background through the professions of the different interlocutors. Thus a Norman farmer (François Morel), a second-hand dealer (Clémentine Célarié), a hunter (Lionel Abelanski) and even a writer (Marianne Denicourt). He will only be truly sincere with the peasant Manon (Françoise Gillard from the Comédie Française).

Despite Lino’s behavior during his wanderings, the viewer still remains empathetic towards him. Tenor of the bar in matters of morality, his primary quality is to literally put himself in his clients’ shoes to defend them as best as possible. Kad Merad also enjoyed playing the lawyer, “the defender of lost causes, the one who returns a court “. Claude Lelouche shows very well how this brilliant man, who became a professional liar, lost himself. Disoriented by the illness, victim of hallucinations, he can no longer stand life. Like the character ofItinerary of a spoiled childhe fled, but this time to France. The director plays on appearances that are sometimes deceptive and he skilfully mixes the false with the true.

Rediscover the taste of life and love

Let’s find it inside In the end the usual romantic and musical whirlwind of the intertwined stories of Lellouchian characters, whose encounters are never the result of chance. However, the director believes this is still the case the opportunity that put him on the path to Kad Merad, meeting that both describe as “ gift and small miracle “. Why this” a well-rounded character who attracts sympathy and confidence, who can do everything but no longer wants to do anything » was not originally intended for him. But none of the actors he pitched met all the requirements. And Kad Merad joins Lelouch’s cinematic family quite happily.

Claude doesn’t know his power but all the actors who love his cinema and his freedom dream of shooting with him. It is the experience of 60 years that allows me to feel comfortable with Claude and what he wanted from me. I am a versatile actor, I am adaptable, I am Quad Merad. I wanted to repay him for this honor and the luck he has given me, and for him to be happy with me.

For the first time in a feature film, Kad Merad has time to explore all facets of his acting, including singing. Claude Lelouch even says that “ in the voice of his friend Yves Montand and sings divinely well “. In fact, the underlying theme of the closing credits, in duet with Barbara Pravi (Barbara, Léa and Lino’s daughter), remains in the mind for a long time.

The wink In the end

As always in his films, Claude Lelouch is even inspired he vampirizes his actors to feed his characters. And even if, having Charlot as a reference, the jacket of the tramp that Lino becomes is that of the director, the cap is precisely that of the actor.

You have to be very available to Claude, you don’t have to ask questions. He takes the salt of the moment and the actor’s mood – even if it’s bad, he’ll use it – he’s a thief.

Even great history silently invites itself in Finallyt, as well as religious issues. The director communicates his pleasure in filming so much through doing many nods to his previous filmsthat we forget the usual excesses of feeling and the great lessons of life. The magic of cinema, as imagined by Claude Lelouch In the end that Lino was the child of the relationship between Françoise (Françoise Fabian) and Lino Ventura in Happy New Year.

We also meet some of his faithful actors, such as Elsa Zylberstein (Léa, actress and Lino’s second wife) and Sandrine Bonnaire (his half-sister Sandrine), or even Michel Boujenah (Michel, his best friend and partner in his law firm). Fans of Claude Lelouch will be delighted. And those who don’t know his universe will be able to discover it in this new adventure of excellent quality. Especially since 52^th the film is on the agenda, since a continuation of In the end it is plannedthis time written for Kad Merad.

In the end is to be discovered in cinemas onwards November 13, 2024. Above is the trailer.

Source: Cine Serie

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