We do not know if it is a tribute to the city of the popes or to the talent of the director and the actors. We hope a bit of both ! At any rate, Johann Dionnet’s first feature film – In the simple title “Avignon” – Warred the Saturday January 17, 2025, at the end of 28e Alpe d’Huez Comedy Film Festival.
Three prices alone: The prestigious Jury Grand Prix, but also the price of channel subscribers + as well as the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes Prize.
Not to mention the little extra which predicts a great success in the film : The feature films rewarded at the Alpe d’Huez festival often make good halls in theaters. The jury, Chaired by Elsa Zylberstein, therefore rewarded a first work, subject to a tough competition, starting with the last part of the saga of “tuche”.
Bringing together Baptiste Lecaplain and Elisa Erka, Without forgetting Alison Wheeler, the film tells a story of love and humor during the Avignon festival between two young actors.
The unique atmosphere of the Alpe d’Huez festival
Stéphane and his troop land in Avignon to play “My sister is embedded”, a boulevard piece. He meets Fanny, a rising actress who plays in a classic by Victor Hugo, and falls under her spell. On a misunderstanding, she thinks he is the main role of Corneille’s “Cid”. To seduce it, Stéphane gets his feet into a lie that he will have to make the time of the festival last …
Dionnet made perfectly the unique atmosphere that reigns during the festival and that the Avignonnaisamong others, know well … The shows on every street corner and in the smallest pieces of rooms. The multicolored invasion of posters and the tough battle to which the troops engage in to win the best place.
-« I dedicate this award to all theater companies who struggled, to all the people in the profession and those who think that they are not good enough to be loved“, Proclaimed the big winner in tears.
Johann Dionnet, who shot last summer and finished the film Only a few days before the selection for the festival, is not an unknown for moviegoers and viewers. Present on the big and the small screen or even in the theater for twenty years, he was awarded The “Young Talent” Prize in Cannes in 2013.
Prolific and talented, he was, moreover, to return to Avignon, one of the protagonists of the play by Alexis Michalak, entitled“Intramuros”In 2020 and 2022, a success of the festival. In its near news, we can also cite “love phew”or successful films Like “Farewell the idiots” or “Hippocrates”.
A success greeted by the press … unanimous
Result of the races, all the newspapers talk about his film. An avalanche of rave itemsfrom Parisian to first magazine, via Provence celebrate this master stroke. Proud of this triple price, The mayor of Avignon Cécile Helle did not fail to underline this eventhoping that this good news is a good omen for the operation “Avignon Terre de Culture 2025” which has just started.
At a time when this article appears, the movie release date in the rooms is not yet fixed. It will apparently have to wait until spring, or even summer. Unless these awards decide the progress of its release …
