Between Vincent Lacoste and the 9th Art, c’It’s a long story Revealed by Riad Sattouf before he became the hero of the’one of his comics, the young actor is this Wednesday the protagonist of’a movie where his character s’inspired by… Tintin.
Inside the green perfumeHe plays an actor wrongly accused of murder, who will investigate with a comic book author (Sandrine Kiberlain) about a secret organization determined to destabilize the world.’Europe. A story inspired by death on the heels ‘Alfred Hitchcock and L’black islanda Tintin adventure published in 1937.
“I noticed that the first Tintins from the 1930s looked like Hitchcock.’give him’I want to make a movie like that,” director Nicolas Pariser told BFMTV.
Title the green perfume is D’elsewhere, a reference to a tribute comic strip to Hergé published in 1983. Like Tintin in his early adventures, Vincent Lacoste wears golf pants and a blue shirt. His hairstyle is also reminiscent of that of the reporter imagined by Hergé in 1929. “He has a Tintin-esque silhouette,” agrees the director, whose film was going to’originated in the 1930s.
“The character had to thwart a plot against Churchill fomented by the English Nazis.”
Tribute to comics, “a militant act”
Comics are ubiquitous in the green scent. Dressed as Corto Maltese, l’comic book author played by Sandrine Kiberlain has released an album titled And that’s where my problems started.a reference to a chapter of the maus ‘Spiegelmann art. a part of the’The intrigue is also displayed in an exhibition dedicated to cartoonist Lucas Harari, held in 2017 by L’Magnet.
A way of greeting the nobility of’an art form considered minor for a long time and’to “preserve memory”, specifies Nicolas Pariser. So situate it in the center of the green fragrance a vibrant homage to cartoonist Raymond Macherot (1924-2008), a now-forgotten figure in 1950s Franco-Belgian comics whose series Chlorophyll Y Sibylline have inspired generations of’kids.
“Of all the great Franco-Belgian comics authors, c’he is the least famous and there is a whole part of his work that is absolutely ignored”, comments the director. “The last Sibylline they are beautiful and no one’speaking of which, unlike Chlorophyllwho is leader of’work, of course. Here is an absolute injustice. [Ce film]against’It’s almost a militant act.”
Denounce the rise of’extreme right
this comedy’Unconventional espionage approaches under its light steps to issues of’today as the resurgence of’antisemitism and the rise of’extreme right. Nicholas Pariser’inscribed in this on the line of’Yves Chaland (1957-1990), also a somewhat forgotten figure of the 9th Art whose’work consisted, in the 1980s, of evoking the great themes of his time in comic strips inspired by tintin.
“The real issue of green fragranceagainst’is like him’Europe is haunted by its tragic past,” insists Nicolas Pariser. C’It was already the subject of the albums of the’age of’gold of Franco-Belgian comics in the 1950s, recalls: “They carry within themselves the trauma of what is’He went to Europe during the war. Chlorophyll is haunted by the memory of the war and speaks of the rise of fascism”.
Nicolas Pariser, who is currently working on a film noir and a science fiction project, wants to continue mixing comics and film. For’moment, his idea of a six-episode miniseries around the figure of’Yves Chaland and metal screaming from the 1980s remains a dead letter. “Unfortunately, I guess I won’t. C’It’s a bit expensive,” he laments.
Source: BFM TV
