What makes our hearts beat? In his new documentary film, Vincent Delerm questions the feeling of love, “already very present in my songs. It’s a feeling that I always have in mind, when I watch a football match, when I vote… Everyone has something to say on the subject”explains the singer. Tuesday evening, Vincent Delerm came to Ciné TNB, to meet a room full of fans, under the spell of his new, atypical film. What Vincent Delerm likes is to start with anecdotal things, “sometimes blown out of proportion. We all have ridiculous, paltry files. If we accept them, it resonates…”
A succession of testimonies
His film opens with images from family archives, Vincent Delerm, in the schoolyard of Beaumont-Le-Roger in Eure. We also see Mathilde, two blonde pigtails, on the swing, “I was terribly in love at the time, before she left for Paris.” Vincent Delerm, he will talk about it in one of his shows, will meet her in Nantes. She is the first to speak in the film to talk about when she knew she liked girls.
The beating heart is a succession of testimonies, from friends, teenagers, strangers met during his tours or projects, artists also like Dominique A, Suzanne Lindon, or Serge Rezvani who wrote the song The whirlwind of life. Facing the camera, they talk about the feeling of love. Vincent Delerm met them alone, “to harvest something very intimate. I wanted to spend time with them, to listen to them, without preconceptions. » With the testimonies, he mixes personal archives, images recovered from flea markets… Vincent Delerm also talks about that day when he knew he was falling madly in love, in Montreal, with his parents.
It’s tender, often funny, always touching, the artist’s signature.
