Very successful, the documentary The Pretty Life of Sylvie Joly, broadcast Tuesday June 25, 2024 at 10:35 p.m. on Paris Première, paints a portrait of the comedian that is as funny as it is moving. Punctuated by numerous testimonies from people who knew her well, it notably gives the floor to Dany Boon, who recounts the unfailing support that she always gave him, including in the most difficult moments.
She was certainly one of the pioneers of female humor. She is Sylvie Joly, who died on September 4, 2015 at the age of 80. While it is undeniable that she paved the way for personalities like Muriel Robin, Florence Foresti, Blanche Gardin and Valérie Lemercier, she was also, throughout her career, a true discoverer of male talent. This is one of the pieces of information we learn in the fascinating documentary The Pretty Life of Sylvie Joly, broadcast Tuesday June 25, 2024 at 10:35 p.m. on Paris Première.
Sylvie Joly, very close with Alex Lutz
Thus, long before he triumphed on television by playing the hilarious Catherine and Liliane with Bruno Sanchez, and before he received the César for best actor in 2019 for his role as an old variety singer in guy, it was Sylvie Joly who was the first to detect Alex Lutz’s talent. Between them, the current passed immediately. “I can’t explain itrecognizes the comedian in the documentary. We loved each other. We laughed like whales in his dressing rooms, about everything and nothing. I told her things that made her laugh, she told me things that made me laugh“. The complicity between the two artists is such that Sylvie Joly asks her young colleague to direct her for a show. She herself directs one of Alex Lutz’s shows.
Danny Boonupset” with the support of Sylvie Joly
Alex Lutz is not the only comedian that Sylvie Joly has helped. She was in fact one of the first to reach out to Dany Boon, long before he became the king of French cinema with Welcome to the Ch’tis and its more than 20 million spectators in theaters. “She came to see me play in this little café-theater and, then, she offered to become my show sponsor and help me. It was wonderful“, remembers the man who shares his life with the actress Laurence Arné. Of great generosity, Sylvie Joly always supported those in whom she believed, and this even outside the theaters. Dany Boon experienced this, as he explains it in the documentary.I was upset because when my father died, before I was known by the way, he died before my career started… She came for his funeralremembers Dany Boon. When I saw her arrive, get out of her car to be there for me, I was overwhelmed. It was very moving, very touching that she was there“. Attention which certainly brought him immense comfort in such a terrible moment.
