A documentary series dedicated to Johnny Hallyday, composed of unpublished files that reveal concerts, rehearsals and behind the scenario of the star of the star rocker disappeared in 2017, is in preparation, AFP learned from its creator on Thursday.
“We are going to see Johnny to work, records, go abroad, live on stage, live duets that we have never seen, scenic performances that we do not know,” says Michel Jankielewicz, to the project managers.
This close to rocker began working for him when he realized the “anthem to love” clip in 1996. His camera will no longer leave the interpreter of “enlighten the fire” and will capture, according to the singer’s desire, privileged moments.
“It is a job that we had done together, destined for fans,” but also for those who know him less, he assures Mr. Jankielewicz. He also obtained the approval of Laeticia Hallyday, the star widow, to make this immersive series where the narrative will be guaranteed by the voice of the same singer.
In the study with Charles Aznavour
This file fund (more than a thousand hours of images) makes it possible to “tell the real stories” in the biggest legend of the French rock “, because there were so many absurd things that I saw on television or read, by people who had never met Johnny,” says Jankielewicz.
The documentary will focus on his career and not on his private life, specifies the director, who joined forces with 3W and 2P2L production companies.
The files show in particular Johnny in the study of the study with Charles Aznavour, during a clip that is triggered in Spain with his accomplice Eddy Mitchell or in concert at a meeting, Quebec or Lebanon, reveals, emphasizing that the singer was “very demanding” in his work.
According to Michel Jankielewicz, a launch date is expected at the end of 2027. This year it will coincide with the ten years of Johnny Hallyday’s disappearance, whose death at 74 on December 5, 2017, of lung cancer, had aroused a wave of emotion throughout the country.
A biographical film about the star, directed by Cédric Jiménez (“Bac Nord”, “November”) with Raphaël quenard in the main role, is also planned during the same period.
Source: BFM TV
