“We adapt!” This is the endearing but often unproductive motto Max hits his employees. At the pinnacle of his craft, Jean-Pierre Bacri represents this little boss, with his distant gaze and intense moodiness, doing his best to contain the scale of disaster triggered by his broken arm crew. “He’s a good guy,” he explained. He gives his employees a thousand chances, not firing any of them.’ An anti-hero role that the actor values: “What I loved about Max was his stubbornness and intimidation, sometimes you just feel when you think things aren’t going to work out. Then life does its work, courage comes back and everything works out.”
That’s why Max struggles to solve all kinds of problems. And the menu is plentiful: the DJ chosen by the client for his “simple, stylish and elegant” style fails? Too bad he finds a replacement for it and it’s stale. Are the lanterns misplaced? Max rolled up his sleeves. Are the guests looking forward to it? We serve anchovy puff pastry to zip them up! It is nothing but experience. Olivier Nakache and Éric Toledano really dreamed sense of celebration Remembering times they worked odd jobs as waiters, attending receptions and business seminars. They also remembered that they dreamed of shooting with Jean-Pierre Bacri. Max’s role was for him: “Just because he’s the greatest French actor in our eyes! He’s always impressed us with the accuracy of his acting and the way he sends his lines.”
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The duo also presented the writing virtuosity of the actor, co-screenwriter with Agnès Jaoui from the timeless films Cuisine et Dependes (1993) and Un air de Famille (1996). He joined the script by bringing his enthusiasm and sense of rhythm. However, it is the trademark of the duo Happy Days (2006) and The Untouchables (2011), who decided that the actor would say yes: ” They have everything I love and are not accustomed to seeing in the cinema: a candid comedy in which we laugh a lot but at the same time sense a great benevolence for the characters. They have a look at people, a humanity that moves me“, at that time, he trusted Jean-Pierre Bacri.
That’s why the film takes pride in supporting roles, from ex-DJ (an anthology commentator Gilles Lellouche) to digital-resisting cossard photographer (bright Jean-Paul Rouve), alongside the arrogant and pretentious groom (Benjamin Lavernhe sucks for perfection). “I had the pleasure of playing this choral film. There is no assistant. It would make me unhappy to be in front of an actor who would serve me soup. That’s why I don’t do this job“, summed up Jean-Pierre Bacri. We watch and watch this irresistible comedy with equal pleasure and measure how much we miss the great actor who passed away on January 18, 2021.
Le Sens de la fête airs on TF1 on Sunday, November 20 at 21:10.
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Source: Programme Television
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