It is the most provocative French comedy of the moment. The mixture of genresWith Benjamin Lavernhe and Léa Drucker, it is a satire of the #MeToo movement, where a deconstructed man is erroneously accused of rape by a policewoman with conservative ideas, who is infiltrated in a feminist collective suspicious of complicity in the murder.
In theaters this Wednesday, April 16, this film, which earned Benjamin Lavern the male interpretation award at the Alpe D’Huez festival, was positively received by most of the press. The Croix praised its “acid and tender humor”, while humanity has been sensitive to this comedy “that addresses patriarchy” avidly.
For the Parisian “, the director (Michel Leclerc) walks in a thread, but never pour into the Maniquean.” By the point, the latter even signs “a delicious modern vazevil, a mixture of Woody Allen and Sacha Guitry.” Only liberation estimated that the film ended “renewing the stereotypes that it says to deconstruct.”
“Open a debate”
The first spectators are delighted by the film, according to Benjamin Lavernhe: “We have very overwhelming testimonies,” he told BFMTV. “People when leaving the rooms told us that it was good to speak (#Metoo) differently.”
The mixture of genres It was designed by Michel Leclerc to “open a debate,” he told Parisino. “We are not there to be careful. A film must awaken a discussion, a debate. If I achieve this, I fulfilled my contract,” he hit the daily life, aware of the film’s controversy.
Last January, at the time of the projection to Alpe d’Huez, the director had added to Aigué: “I hope it is a film in which each spectator is released with a different idea and can be released with the desire to chat with his neighbor to know who feels closest, if there is something that hits him or not.”
“You are patriarchal without your knowledge”
With this movie, I also wanted to “fight any form of assignment.” “In view of what I am, my guy, my age, my profession, (…) You can say that you are a feminist, we tell you: ‘You cannot’. By your realization position, you are a patriarchal without your knowledge.
The director of People’s name He seized this topic “With responsibility”, insists Benjamin Laverhe. The comedy does not aim to make fun #Metoo, says the actor. “It is not to play. It is, on the contrary, to make a catharsis.”
For the actor, The mixture of genres He says “how a man who says that lives is deconstructed from inside the revolution and #MeToo.” “Michel talks about his fears, his emotions,” insists Benjamin Laverhe. “Everyone has the floor. It is very lovely. It is the hope of dialogue.”
Source: BFM TV
