Joan is no longer in love, Rebecca is passionately in love, Alice prefers stability… In this friendly trio staged by the director Emmanuel Mouret for his new feature film Three Friendsthe points of view of its characters contrast, giving rhythm, vitality and sometimes tragedy to the story. If this film – like many others in his filmography – is about love, the filmmaker continues to look for what he wants to say. What if disenchantment could shed light on everything?
Three Friends by Emmanuel Mouret, with India Hair, Sara Forestier and Camille Cottin, in theaters November 6
Neither drama nor comedy
The characters in Emmanuel Mouret's film are sometimes tragic, sometimes fanciful, but the filmmaker does not seek to qualify his films as comedy or tragedy: “the simplest gag of someone falling is both something funny and painful, because this person may also have hurt themselves; the funny is always next to the pain” .
Same thing for Three Friends : “Maybe it's a dramatic comedy or tragi-comedy, I don't know. I don't think these qualifications help us. In any case, they don't help me at all in writing. J I like to make a film in which we can experience different colors and emotions. We can smile, laugh, be (very) moved.
A love of the characters
In addition to the love he talks about in his films, Emmanuel Mouret brings it to his characters: “I want people to love my characters and for them to give themselves every possible chance. They make mistakes, go back on their path, fumble, tinker while trying to be the best they can be.”
Which characters is he affected by? “For me, it's very important to have characters with good will. I find it all the more cruel when the characters try to do good, but hurt each other and themselves by wanting to do well. There is a point that I find particularly interesting, it is when the characters try to respect customs, commitments, but they also try to be honest with what they feel, their desires or their absence. of desire.”
Sound clips:
- Trailer for Three Friends by Emmanuel Mouret
- Excerpt from Three Friends by Emmanuel Mouret
- The actor Emilien Diard Detoeuf in “Les Nouvelles Vagues” on France Culture in 2015
- Ending song: One two three by Camille
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