Stéphanie Lapointe already dreamed of seeing her young heroine, Fanny Cloutier, jumping to the movies when she launched the first volume of her series of successful novels, in 2018. Seven years later, her wish is granted: the film Fannydirected by Yan England, finally comes out in theaters, and the author hopes with all my heart that the public will be there.
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“I have done all kinds of things in my life and I worked on different projects, but I have never been so nervous as in right,” Breathe Stéphanie Lapointe in an interview a few hours before the film’s first Montreal, last Tuesday.
“There are so many years of work behind this project and so many people who have trusted us. It is the first time in my life that I tell myself that it cannot be escaped. Sometimes we are embarrassed to say that we want something to work. But there, I am happy with what we did and I really taste the people to see the film. ”
Adapted from the first book in the series Fanny Cloutier, The film relates the adventures of Fanny, a 15 -year -old teenager who lives with her father (Éric Bruneau), an academic obsessed with her research since the death of his wife, 12 years earlier. By discovering that she has an aunt (Magalie Lépine-Blondeau) who lives in Bas-Saint-Laurent, Fanny will decide to embark on a quest for truth to learn more about her family and the circumstances of the death of her mother.
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Stéphanie Lapointe began to write the script for Fanny 7 years ago, shortly after the release of the first book in his series which was an instant success. Over the years, the former participant of Star Academy said that he had delivered at least 125 versions of the text. The director Yan England (Sam, 1:54) joined the project four years ago and helped her push history even further.
“Yan was an extraordinary partner,” she says. He always respected me and he never took the pencil to do something for me. We had discussions, we challenged And he taught me things too in terms of my writing. This is one of the beautiful meetings I had in my life. ”
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Go on an adventure
Yan England was immediately seduced by Fanny’s character. By carrying this story on the screen, the filmmaker loved the idea of offering the general public a family adventure film, a genre that has been little discussed in Quebec until now.
“What is fun in adventure films is that the characters are still advancing,” said Yan England.
“Fanny can never stagnate because she is constantly looking for the truth. In the film, there is an investigation, a mystery … it’s mountains of emotions. ”
Among the films of the genre that inspired him, Yan England cites several classics like Stand By Me, Harry Potter “Without magic” and even Indiana Jones.
“These are films that inspired me, but I still wanted to keep a true and authentic approach in the dialogues as in situations,” notes the filmmaker.
If she is feverish at the idea of presenting her fanny to the general public, Stéphanie Lapointe admits to feeling some pressure not to disappoint fans of books who are impatiently awaiting the release of the film.
“The first people to whom I rude in the rooms after the projections are my readers and my readers,” she says. I absolutely want to know if they are satisfied and if they have been confused by the elements of the story that we have changed. But for the moment, it’s okay. The reactions are super good. “
- Fannyshowing on May 9.
