Here we go again for a week of laughter! Snow is in store for the 28th Alpe d’Huez International Comedy Film Festival, which takes place from this Monday, January 13, 2025 to Sunday, January 19, 2025. So is the sun. Without forgetting Tele-Leisurepresent at the event! Last year, in 2024, Kev Adams caused a sensation at the opening, being there after having emergency surgery for peritonitis. And it’s the explosive And more if affinities which was the big winner of the prize list, with Bernard Campan who does not hesitate to show his posterior on the screen. A film that did not have the success in theaters that it deserved. This Monday evening, the lights came back on in the large hall of the Palais des sports de l’Alpe d’Huez, which hosts screenings of all the festival’s films.
Who is the president of the jury for the 2025 Alpe d’Huez Festival?
The week’s schedule is busy “L’Alpe”as the regulars say, with many stars announced on the summits. The jury is chaired by Elsa Zylberstein, already twice awarded the Best Actress Prize, for Table plan (2012) and for Everything smiles on us (2021), an astonishing bittersweet comedy. Called on stage with her jury, the actress declared herself very moved and honored by this position, and spoke of her love “comedies that mark our lives, our families, obviously the Splendid films with which I grew up“Among her colleagues on the jury, it was Izïa Higelin who seemed the most enthusiastic.”I’m so, so happy. This is the first time I have been part of a jury. Thanks for the invitation, thanks for the snow, thanks for the cheese“, exclaimed the actress. The evening was hosted by Bertrand Usclat, the creator of the Broute pastille, already at Alpe d’Huez a few years ago with Twins but not too many (2022), a real favorite comedy. As usual, wild, focused on jokes and jokes, the latter did not hesitate to throw a few paving stones into the pond. “Alpe d’Huez is like French cinema, it’s very white“, “We spend the time in the powder, like in Cannes, but it’s not the same powder“, notably winnowed the actor.
What is the opening film of the 2025 Alpe d’Huez Festival?
The opening evening of this Monday began with a tribute to Michel Blanc, a great name in comedy who died in October 2024. With film extracts and the presence on stage of Gérard Jugnot and Marie-Anne Chazel, his friends from Splendid. The opening of this 28 edition is ensured by God save the Tuchethe fifth adventure of the French favorite family, which was inspired by a famous cartoon from the 90s. Four years ago, Les Tuche 4 was a hit in theaters, to become the second biggest French success at the 2021 box office . Direction England this time for Jeff, Cathy and the whole family. On stage in the company of Sarah Stern (Stéphanie Tuche), the indescribable interpreter of Jeff Tuche, who is also directing this new part, warned festival-goers. “Before seeing God save the Tuche, we will show you 1, 2, 3 and 4. That way, you will know the psychology of the characters well!”. The floodgates are out, the films are here, the stars too, the Alpe d’Huez Festival is well underway!
