Five months after his appearance at the Cannes Film Festival, the pill has still not passed for Artus. In an interview given to Liberationthis October 18, 2024, he rails against the organizers and the system, who did not welcome his film, “A little something extra” as it should be.
And to explain: “The film had already reached five million admissions when Thierry Frémaux [le délégué général du Festival, ndlr] was still finding out which of the gang was Artus.
Artus still pissed
With his band, and in particular Clovis Cornillac, Marc Riso, and Gad Abecassis, he remembers: We clearly saw that we were pissing everyone off, in a context where comedy remains perceived as a subculture, with the hypocrisy that entails when popularity reaches such a level that we can no longer ignore you “.
Artus sees this as an exception, he says, and specifies: “The criticism would not have been the same if the film had been by Vincent Dedienne or Panayotis Pascot, who have the card. This is how“.
Fortunately, this bitter observation did not succeed in spoiling his pleasure. Finally, after a controversy surrounding the rise of the steps, it was the Kering group which dressed the actors of its film.A little something extra.”
A victory for him
In a video, Artus was delighted for his team: “You will see, they are in fittings at Yves-Saint-Laurentwith all these big brands and it’s crazy to see them so happy so beautiful, they are going to be magnificent in Cannes. Kisses, see you on the Croisette!”
Later, in August, the director also shared: “With this film you give me the greatest gift I have ever had and will ever have. Thank you so much to my team, to my actors, to my producers, I love you… this is just the beginning. And above all 10,000,000 thanks to you“.
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