There was A little something extra in spring, Le Comte de Monte Cristo this summer and Love phew at the start of the school year. It is predicted thatA fanfare by Emmanuel Courcol will be the success of this end of year even if it means sweeping away the big American releases. This galvanizing comedy with its humanity is carried by a famous duo who conquered the Angoulême Festival.
On my right, Benjamin Lavernhe, member of the Comédie-Française discovered at the cinema as a capricious married man in The meaning of the party of the Nakache/Toledano duo. On my right, Pierre Lottin, son of the Tuche family seen recently in When autumn comes by François Ozon.
Tears that do good
You'd think these two have nothing in common other than extra-large talent. A fanfare makes them fabulously complementary as brothers separated after having been adopted, each on their own, in their early childhood. The first, sent to a financially advantaged family, became a renowned conductor. The second, raised in a more modest environment in the North of France, is a mechanic who plays the trombone in a brass band.
Life and illness will bring them together for a festival of music(s) and beautiful feelings from which we emerge with a celebrating heart and moist eyes. “We are often ashamed of crying at the cinema,” declares Pierre Lottin. We hold back our tears out of modesty even though it feels so good to let them go, which this film allows. »
Generosity emerges every second in A fanfare. The director ofA triumph knows how to interweave these characters from different backgrounds just as he brings together professional actors (like the fabulous Sara Succo) and amateurs from various brass bands. “Emmanuel Courcol brought us together around him,” explains Benjamin Lavernhe. There was an immediate empathy for the characters that goes a little beyond us.”
In music and humor
Classical or popular music governs the evolution of brothers who learn to know each other. The comedy duo followed a similar path. “We were acting quite stupid between takes,” admits Pierre Lottin. We immediately connected with Benjamin with whom I share a taste for cartoon characters. We liked to use funny voices or make funny faces, just to make ourselves laugh.”
Their one-on-ones in the film clearly benefit from their complicity on set. “We found each other because, somewhere, we have the same references, particularly in our common admiration for Jim Carrey,” remembers Benjamin Lavernhe. It is through humor that we are brought together. » Tenderness is also important in the heroes’ reunion. “At first, they are wary, they sniff each other,” explains Pierre Lottin. They are more shy than us, we used to be. Their feelings sometimes only come through their eyes.”
Actors and brass bands
The integration of comedies into the fanfare scene is so natural that we almost forget that the musicians they perform alongside are not regulars on film sets. “There too, it matched straight away,” insists Pierre Lottin. This was an undeniable plus for the film.” All these little people got along well together, giving very funny scenes but never mocking or condescending. Here again, the complicity between the different protagonists is touching without being sentimental.
“They told us they were surprised that well-known Parisian actors were so simple and accessible,” says Benjamin Lavernhe. The photos had a very short lifespan as everything happened as if by magic. » This naturalness is one of the major assets of a sincere film well on its way to attracting a wide audience.
The future of the duo…
After triumphant tours throughout France to promote A fanfarethe duo will separate. Pierrre Lottin, who bought the trombone for the film, will soon be appearing in God Save The Tuche which will open the Alpe D'Huez Festival next January. As for Benjamin Lavernhe, we will be able to see him playing music on stage from January 18 in The Sergesa superb tribute to Serge Gainsbourg by the Comédie-Française troupe. “As in A fanfareour job is to make people believe that we are virtuosos. We work a lot so that the public imagines that we haven’t worked,” he laughs.
And a little scoop
Benjamin Lavernhe is beaming because he has just made a major discovery that he wanted to share with 20 Minutes. “I am a descendant of Molière,” says Benjamin Lavernhe. He shows his family tree on his phone to support his claims. “Look, my family really descends from the Poquelins! » When Pierre Lottin looks at the screen as amazed as we are by this revelation, we say to ourselves that it would be a great idea to bring this complicit duo together again.
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