More than 280,000 spectators on its first day of operation, May 1st! The film by and with Artus, A little something extra, is off to a flying start. It already ranks among the great successes of French comedy, doing even better thanUntouchablesdespite a certainly significant number of rooms – 400 – but much lower than, for example, Dune 2 (900 screens) or Asterix and Obelix: the Middle Kingdom (772 copies).
On his Instagram account, the comedian is at the height of happiness: “ It’s completely crazy what’s happening around the film. You are blowing up all the counters. I don’t even realize. I’m on cloud nine. Thank you for everything. I hope you continue to enjoy the film as much as possible. » A triumph which also owes a lot to his on-screen partner, Sofian, 19, seriously handicapped by a degenerative disease, ataxia-telangiectasia.
Changing the way French people view disability
“A real actor”enthuses Artus in the interview he gave to Paris Match, in a duet with the young man: “The reality for Sofian is that his life expectancy, with his illness, is 20 years. As it is solid, it will go well beyond. In the meantime, he’s as good as anyone. On the set, he had a banana every day! “.
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Very marked by the eighth daywith Daniel Auteuil and Pascal Duquenne, suffering from Down syndrome, Artus hopes that “A little thing in addition” will also change the way the French view disability, and in a lasting way: “’The Eighth Day’ didn’t turn my head. It just reassured me in the idea that I was not the only one to consider the disabled and that we were going to see them more and more. And then ultimately no. It was a bubble. I wish it didn’t do the same thing with ‘A little thing more’. » A wish that the public seems determined to grant.
