Saturday October 12, at the microphone of Europe 1, Gilles Lellouche looked back on his adolescence, evoking the naive and sentimental way in which he thought of his “lover” of the time.
This is certainly one of the most anticipated cinematic releases of the moment. Next Wednesday, October 16, phew lovedirected by Gilles Lellouchewill be released in theaters. On this occasion, the one who played in The little handkerchiefs makes the rounds of TV sets and radio shows to promote his feature film. Last October 8, on the set of DailyGilles Lellouche explained how François Civil and Adèle Exarchopoulos inspired the main characters of his film. “We were shooting a scene in North Bac, a barbecue scene that had nothing to do with our film. I saw them as my heroes because I saw the complicity they had. […] I said to myself that there was a very beautiful couple in the cinema to be with them. Afterwards, I started writing the characters with them in mind.“, he confided to Yann Barthès.
Gilles Lellouche, romantic and dreamer as a teenager, confides
By making a film whose title and main subject is love, Gilles Lellouche must have expected that his sentimental life would arouse the public’s curiosity. This October 12, during the interview The essentials of Europe 1 directed by Julia Vignali, the director returned to a period of his life which was marked by daydreams and fantasies: adolescence. “I was a teenager without social networks, without the Internet and with a lot of boredom, all the same. With that came daydreaming, creation and probably a fantasy life,” he confided. Before delving tenderly into his memories: “I had a lover at that time. There were tiles in my window and I matched the letters of her first name and if it matched the number of tiles there, it meant she loved me.“If this anecdote touched the host of the show, Gilles Lellouche rather described this gesture as “naive”.
Gilles Lellouche evokes the beauty and cruelty of love
By making a feature film around love, Gilles Lellouche wanted to show how love stories can enhance as well as destroy people. “Our sentimental stories grate on us. We become hearts torn by love disappointments, separations and betrayals… But over time we become more cynical. We have less faith in the state of love. Whereas when you are a teenager, everything is so new and so beautiful that you have no perspective and you dive head first into” he said.
Article written with the collaboration of 6Medias.
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