Who doesn’t like to know about the lives of their favorite stars? If documentaries can be attractive for discovering behind the scenes of the careers of great singers and musicians, nothing is better than a good biographical film with a beautiful original soundtrack. To mark the recent arrival on VOD of the one dedicated to Bob Marley, here are five biopics to (re)watch on the Box SFR video-on-demand platform.
Since the stars existed, a fascination with their private lives has emerged among fans. Curious and admiring, they want to know everything about their favorite celebrity. A great deal for biopics, which attract fans by the thousands, even millions. Films that sometimes allow us to better identify with these artists that we love so much. If they display a smile, decorated with rhinestones and sequins on stage, we can discover through these films that in reality they have not always had an easy life. They, too, may have experienced poverty, depression, the loss of a loved one, addiction… Lives ultimately tinged with sadness, which sometimes ended tragically, like Bob Marley who died at only 36 years old. ‘cancer.
Bob Marley: One Love (2024)
It was over a short period of time, one year, that director Reinaldo Marcus Green decided to tell the life of Bob Marley. In 1976, the artist was already famous in Kingston, Jamaica. The country is in bad shape with omnipresent violence dividing the people. A state of emergency is declared, but those in power are counting on the singer’s popularity to put everything back in order, through a free concert, entitled Smile Jamaica.
If high-ranking people think that music will calm morals, the clashes continue and, worse, fans will even go to the star to attack him. The life of Bob Marley, injured by a bullet in the arm, then takes a completely different turn. Courageous, the singer will still go on stage two days later, before taking refuge in London for several months. A city which will be his escape, offering him a rebirth where he will compose Exodusone of his greatest successes.
Cloclo (2012)
Cloclo is a bit of the guilty pleasure of all generations… Who has never danced in the evening to Magnolias For Ever, Alexandria/Alexandra and many others?Directed by Florent-Emilio Siri, this biopic retraces the life of Claude François, played by Jérémie Rénier: his peaceful childhood in Egypt, his arrival in Paris, his rise as a singer, his possessiveness, his perfectionism that he will inflict on his collaborators and his Claudettes. Yes, behind that blonde hair and those blue eyes, the man was not very loving. Jealous, he will not congratulate France Gall, his partner at the time when she won Eurovision. A contempt which will be the cause of their separation.
Then Claude François is also a father, both loving and authoritarian. A father who does not assume being a father to maintain his popularity with young girls and young women. Who would want to listen to a married man with two children?
An extreme character just as he was in work. He did not hesitate to work hours and hours to make everything perfect. A man full of energy, who could not stand the slightest faulty detail… Meticulous and maniacal, he lost his life when he saw this poorly screwed bulb, while his feet were in the water.
The Kid (2007)
It was in 2007 that we discovered Marion Cotillard unrecognizable in the skin of Edith Piaf. A role that she not only played, but for which she allowed herself to be captivated. The actress has admitted several times to having had difficulty leaving the role, having even confided in an interview for The Observer in 2014 having been forced to carry out rituals: “I have tried everything. I did exorcism with salt and fire. I went to Bora Bora to escape him. I went to Machu Picchu in Peru and performed ancient shamanic ceremonies to cleanse myself, before realizing why I couldn’t let her go. She had been abandoned as a child. Her greatest fear was being alone.“
The kid traces the very tragic life of the singer, a great symbol of French song. Abandoned by her acrobat father and her singer mother, she is taken into a brothel marked by poverty and illness. Passionate about music and always accompanied by her best friend Mômone, Piaf at her 47 meter height doesn’t give up. In the streets of Paris, she sings until she is spotted. His life changes and goes from shadow to light. She finally manages to find comfort in the love of her audience. But once again, abandonment will knock on his door, when the love of his life Marcel Cerdan dies at the age of 33 in a plane accident. A dark and melancholy film about the life of a little lady who became an icon, which we still sing about today.
Bohemian Rhapsody (2018)
With four Oscars and two Golden Globes in 2019, we couldn’t not talk about Bohemian Rhaspody. Directed by Anthony McCarthen, it features the rock group Queen and more particularly its leader: the great Freddy Mercury. The film traces the star’s journey, from his meeting with Brian May, John Deacon and Roger Taylor, who would form one of the greatest rock groups of all time. The feature film reveals that between the members of Queen and Freddy Mercury, everything was not all rosy, with many tensions linked to the complexity of the pianist and singer. A man who dreams of glory and who will achieve his goal, becoming a symbol of the LGBTQ+ community and, later, of the fight against HIV. A highly successful film set to the tunes of Queen’s greatest hits.
Elvis (2022)
Nicknamed the king of rock’n’roll, Elvis Presley, under the lights, the rhinestones and the glitter, did not have a very happy life… Even his career was put to the test. This is what Baz Luhrmann wanted to show, not the rocker’s successes, but rather his pitfalls. Brilliantly played by Austin Butler, we see Elvis Presley growing up in the poor neighborhoods of Mississippi, until becoming this international star. But there too, he will experience dark days, particularly due to the influence of his manager, Colonel Parker, with the last years of his life spent as a “prisoner” in Las Vegas.
If drama takes precedence in this biopic, we can only let ourselves be carried away by an exceptional soundtrack which brings together the King’s greatest hits, but also a lovely medley of current songs sung by Doja Cat, Eminem, Diplo, and many more. others…
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Rewatch these 5 biopics (among many others) now on the VOD platform of your SFR Box.
Source : Allocinated
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