At 87, Claude Lelouch has no plans to retire. He even takes out his fifty-first film this week at the cinema.
In the casting of “Finally”, on screens this Wednesday, November 13, 2024, we find regulars from the director's cinematic family: Elsa Zylberstein, Michel Boujenah, Sandrine Bonnaire, François Morel and even Françoise Fabian. And, for the first time, the title role is entrusted to Kad Merad. The actor dreamed of playing with Claude Lelouch, but was not his first choice.
Chance imposes Kad Merad in the main role
As he told it on the set of C à vous, Claude Lelouch was looking for the framework of his film without being able to put a name to the main role. Until a phone call from his wife, the novelist Valérie Perrin. By chance, on a train, she had just met Kad Merad who had confided to her his desire to film with the author of “A Man and a Woman”.
Following a stroke, Lino, played by Kad Merad, becomes aware of being alive. Armed with his trumpet which he plays on all occasions, Lino travels across France, from Paris to Avignon, to Normandy, where he meets old friends and meets new people. He will learn from this initiatory journey that “ultimately” everything is good to have in life.
Ten questions to find out if you know Lelouch
Since the 1960s, Claude Lelouch has marked the history of French cinema. He has brought the greatest actors, but also more “improbable” personalities, to the big screen. He also has a busy personal life.
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