“The 80s, in the north of France. Jackie and Clotaire grew up between high school and the port docks. She studies, he hangs out. And then their destinies intersect and it’s mad love. Life will try to separate them but nothing works, these two are like the two ventricles of the same heart…”. This is the synopsis of the film by Gilles Lellouche called “Phew love” and released in theaters on October 16. Adèle Exarchopoulos and François Civil play the main roles since she is Jackie and he, Clotaire. The film team was invited by our colleagues from Allociné for its format “Remembrance, memory” and Gilles Lellouche spoke at length about a moment of filming that marked him. In a media video published on TikTok, the director, surrounded by his four main actors, remembered a sweet moment.
“I have a fairly specific memory of one day in particular, when we had to do an eclipse scene, outdoors. The weather was terrible. Really, we were by the sea and the weather was really disgusting.”he began by saying. Then continue: “We couldn't shoot so we had to alternate between the rays of the sun coming in more or less. So during the day, I was with Mallory and Malick and Adèle and François were rehearsing a dance 3/4 hours from the set”. Gilles Lellouche then remembered a suspended moment during which “the sky opened and truly split in two”. He detailed: “The left half was gray and stormy, with really apocalyptic lightning. And the right half was a sublime sunset with a clear sky. It really had everything that the film is pretty much about, which is i.e. chaos, hope, violence, love”. The director then makes an important and rapid decision, anxious not to miss this moment. “I brought Adèle and François over very quickly, so that they could kiss under the backdrop of the sunset. And I said to myself that maybe it was cheesy (corny, cliché, in French) more than That was probably love.”, he concluded with stars in his eyes.
Adèle Exarchopoulos and François Civil, or “phew love”
If François Civil and Adèle Exarchopoulos were lovers on screen in Phew love, the two young people are also a couple in real life and have been for a year. It was the actress who confirmed this rumor to our colleagues at Paris Match.“A few months ago, I might not have had the answer, but today, I am really sure of myself: This is healthy love. The one where there is friendship, where we go through challenges while always trying to have self-deprecation and complicity.” confided the mother of little Ismaël.
In a recent exchange with YouTuber Loris Giuliano, Adèle said that she perhaps saw herself spending her life with the actor and that she wanted to end her life with the same person. “JI admit that I have a bit of this naivety there, I love it. I hope, I think if he's your best friend at the same time, I hope we can grow old together.”, she finished confiding.
