Franck Dubosc presents in theaters this Wednesday A bear in the Jurahis third film as director. A burlesque thriller, in the footsteps of the Coen brothers.
“I wanted this film to be as immoral as possible because not everyone is necessarily beautiful or nice…”: with A Bear in the Jurain theaters Wednesday, Franck Dubosc surprises in front of and behind the camera with a burlesque thriller, in the footsteps of the Coen brothers.
After two romantic comedies – Everyone standing (2018) et Rumba life (2022) – going against the grain of Patrick Chirac, his character as the unrepentant seducer in the saga CampingFranck Dubosc signs a macabre comedy oscillating from laughter to fear.
Deep in the Jura, Cathy (Laure Calamy) and Michel (Franck Dubosc), at the head of a fir tree farm, find themselves the target of thugs who suspect them of having killed two of them, by pocketing along the way a loot of two million euros. The investigation is led by the local brigadier, played by Benoît Poelvoorde who also delivers a composition off the beaten track.
“Make people laugh with guns”
“I wanted laughter to arise naturally, almost implicitly, without breaking the dark atmosphere,” Franck Dubosc told AFP. “Even if I was lulled by the films of Bourvil and Ventura in particular The Big MouthsI like the cinema of the Coen brothers. They dare to laugh at serious things. Where they inspired me was to tell me that I could also make people laugh with guns.”
“It’s funny, but it’s dark, there he goes French. He takes responsibility for his film,” agrees Benoît Poelvoorde with BFMTV.
“I didn’t limit myself,” confirms Franck Dubosc to BFMTV. “Maybe before, I tried to please everyone. Then I said to myself ‘I have to like it’. I took more responsibility for daring things.”
Beyond the plot, the heroes ofA Bear in the Jura are once again of deep humanity, the common thread of the films directed by Franck Dubosc: “there is always something extra behind the gag or the tragedy, perhaps because comedy is ultimately not my essence”, he points out.
“By moving on to directing, I move forward, I explore… My luck is to have started as an actor with very popular cinema, preventing me from locking myself into elitism. This gave me good cardio to go further, to do something else so as not to bore the public”, explains the 61-year-old actor and comedian who studied at the Rouen conservatory, with Valérie Lemercier and Karin Viard.
Assistant to the Bogdanoffs for the television show Temps To us boys (1985) by Michel Lang. In 1995, his duet with Elie Semoun in Classifieds will build its popularity, alongside several singles on stage.
“Proud” by Patrick Chirac
“I have always loved directing. As a child, I was already doing it with a Super 8 camera and my friends. I even wanted to enter IDHEC (NDRL Institute of Advanced Cinematographic Studies, now Fémis). And then, I imagined myself that the director was boring…”, says Franck Dubosc who is already working on a fourth feature film.
Will he return to the “one man show”?: “I’m not saying it’s over… Seducing the public closely is a good reason, as Dany Boon will do”, who is making his return to the boards in 2025.
Franck Dubosc does not intend to forget the indescribable Patrick Chirac: “I am proud of him. I love him. I owe him a lot. It’s rare in the life of an actor to have such a character! When we calls Patrick in the street, I’m not offended I already know that when I die a newspaper will headline: +Patrick Chirac is dead+. !”
MR and Claire Fleury with AFP
