Ad Vitam: Guillaume Canet’s son makes an appearance in the Netflix hit

Ad Vitam: Guillaume Canet’s son makes an appearance in the Netflix hit



Ad Vitam: the new French hit on Netflix

After Under the Seine in June 2024, another French film is enjoying great success on Netflix around the world: Ad Vitam. Online since January 10, the action film directed by Guillaume Canet has risen to first place among the most viewed films in the world on the platform. Currentlyit is number 2, behind the American blockbuster Back in action.

Ad Vitamdirected by Rodolphe Lauga, follows the story of a GIGN member (played by Guillaume Canet) who embarks on a race against time to find his pregnant wife (played by Stéphane Caillard), kidnapped by a mysterious group of armed men. The film, shot in Paris, alternates scenes from the present and sequences from the past, to take us into the intimacy of this couple of GIGN members trapped in a pattern that transcends them.

For the purposes of the film, Guillaume Canet underwent extensive physical training and performed most of his own stunts. Given the immense success that Ad Vitam meeting currently underway around the world, according to the main interested party a follow-up cannot be ruled out.

Marcel Canet responds to his father

If Guillaume Canet has a lot of fun Ad Vitamhe’s not the only one of the family to appear on screen. In fact, Marcel Canet, his son, whom he had with his partner Marion Cotillard in 2011, gives him the answer in a scene of the film Netflix. He plays Antoine, the teenage son of his friend who died on a mission.

Marcel Canet in the film Ad Vitam © Netflix
Marcel Canet in the film Ad Vitam © Netflix

He had already appeared in 2023 in the film Asterix and Obelix: The Middle Kingdom done by his father. He played Asterix as a teenager in a flashback.

In an interview given to 50′ Inside, noticed by colleagues atAlloCinéGuillaume Canet stated that he could not remain indifferent to his son’s desire to make films:

From the moment he wants it, we are forced to put our foot down. I would much rather it be done with me. We monitor him closely after that, because we know he’s a little young to begin with!

Source: Cine Serie

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