“Nowrant”, “vulgar provocation”, “Used subject”, “not fun” … critics did not have enough violent classification to say their disgust by Grandfather makes resistanceReleased in theaters on October 26, 1983.
This did not prevent Jean-Marie Poiré’s film, adapted from a play by Martin Lamotte and Christian Clavier, attracts more than 4 million spectators in theaters and, with a multi-base base on television, to access the state of the cult film, from which the public knows certain reflicts of heart.
Grandfather makes resistance Librara this Sunday, October 5 in 300 cinemas in France, in the 4K Restored version. It was necessary to pay tribute to the incredible casting of this film, demolished by criticism, surprised by this parody of the war and resistance film.
“The movie is not fun”
“We stay against so much vulgarity and need. It is not a touch of invention,” said the critic of the Parisian released. Humanity has seen it “the fruit of the most distressing mockery and the most vulgar provocation”, lamenting a “laugh” that “smells a little naphtiain.”
Liberation discovered that the film lacked the rhythm and entitled “Grandfather makes asthma.” “Grandfather makes resistance Trained and the actors run out of steam! (…) Not even a bad assembly: a cotton dish, non -existent, like a plain. “
It is not much better in the columns of Figaro, for whom “the anecdote is suffocated under the program, and the budget it supposes is as heavy as the scenario.”
As for director Nicolas Boukrief, in the critical era of Starfix magazine, he didn’t appreciate: “The film is not fun. That is. We are bored because no objective is really defined, there is no valve that vuele.”
No more than the others, he was sensitive to Jacques Villeret at the place of Ludwig von Apfelstrudel, half brother of Hitler, singing I have not changed From Julio Iglesias to Jacqueline Mailont. A sequence considered “heartbreaking” by the liberated Parisian journalist.
“Considered very shocking”
The action of Grandfather makes resistance It takes place in Paris during World War II. In 1943, a mansion was requested to welcome General Spontz (Roland Giraud). The inhabitants are forced to live in the winery. Coexistence is even more difficult since one of the family members is the famous “super resistant” (Martin Lamotte).
“The grandfather was considered very shocking,” recalls Jean-Marie Poiré interviewed by TF1. “It was irreverent, it was politically incorrect. Everything I like!” He enthusiastic.
Despite criticism, the film is an immediate success. “The success of Grandfather It is quite mysterious. We know many people around us that the film had not fun, “the world wrote, doubtful.
However, the public was there. Even if it came out the same day as The marginalWith Jean-Paul Belmondo, then in his full period of Spectacle Films, a real commitment to producer Christian Fathner.
“We had reserved a table in an opposite restaurant to see the cinema tickets. I arrived a little late and it seems livid. On the side of Jean-Paul Belmondo, there was a queue that descended to the roundabout of Champs-el Elseysées. GrandfatherPerson … “, he tells Jean-Marie I will poire tf1.
“A true historical reconstruction”
The distributor thinks them quickly: “They all had champagne in their hand to celebrate the beginning.” We break everything, we break everything! We are facing Belmondo! “, They say. Jean-Marie Poiré and Christian Fecchner were simply cheated, the spectators for the session of Grandfather makes resistance He had already entered.
Grandfather makes resistance He made 4,104,082 entries … and the marginal 4,956,822.
With a large budget, Grandfather makes resistance It gathers the great comedians of the time. Around the splendid, we find Michel Galabru, Jacqueline Maillan, Jacques Villeret, Roland Giraud, Jean Yanne … lack Louis de Funès, to whom the film is dedicated and that had agreed to play a role. Unfortunately, the actor died before starting on January 27, 1983.
“It is a true historical reconstruction that is maintained, many actors we love. It is a very high quality consumption film, which was a great success and made our respective careers exploded,” said Christian Clavier last September in the BFMTV microphone.
Source: BFM TV
