The biopic of the interpreter of Bohemiain theaters October 23, is revealed through a first trailer. Tahar Rahim plays the famous singer.
After the success of Patients and of School lifeGrand Corps Malade and Mehdi Idir tell the life of Charles Aznavour on film. Mr. Aznavourstarring Tahar Rahim, is revealed in a trailer posted online this Tuesday, September 3.
This film in theaters on October 23 retraces the career of Charles Aznavour, born in Paris into a family of exiled Armenians and trained at the Ecole des enfants du spectacle, then launched by Edith Piaf in the late 1940s.
Tahar Rahim will be playing opposite Victor Meutelet (Johnny Hallyday), Rupert Wynne-James (Frank Sinatra), Bastien Bouillon (Pierre Roche) and Marie-Julie Baup (Edith Piaf).
In an interview with Le Parisien, Tahar Rahim admitted that he had doubts before accepting the role. The actor revealed by A prophetwho won two Césars for his role in Jacques Audiard’s film, does not resemble the late singer.
“I didn’t think it was possible to make myself look so much like Charles. I didn’t want to wear a mask or be overly made up because it stifles any human reaction, (…) it prevents emotions from being conveyed.”
Eight hours of singing
Katia Aznavour, the daughter of Charles Aznavour, but also the wife of Jean-Rachid Kallouche, the producer of the film, was troubled by the resemblance between the actor and her father:
“(She) told me that when she looked at me she saw her father, it gave me wings. We understood at that moment that we were going in the right direction. Before that, I was full of doubts because Charles and I, we don’t look alike…”
Tahar Rahim himself will sing in the film. “I did eight hours of singing per week for six months,” he explained before specifying that he had improved during this preparatory work: “We re-recorded songs that I had already recorded!”
Revealed to the public in 2009 in A prophet by Jacques Audiard, Tahar Rahim has since played in several international productions such as the series The Serpent inspired by the life of the con man Charles Sobhraj, Found guilty or Napoleon Ridley Scott.
