Broadcast this Saturday, November 16, 2024, at 9:06 p.m. on Canal+, Private preserve is the film which marked the French box office at the end of 2023. This comedy, which places its plot in the countryside, leaves a nice place for animals. The name of one of them will amaze you.
The success of this film surprised many people. Indeed, Private preservea comedy by Antonin Fourlon and Frédéric Forestier, attracted around two million curious people to cinemas. A feature film carried by two famous actors: Didier Bourdon, member of Les Inconnus and Thierry Lhermitte, one of the pillars of Splendid. These two stars are accompanied by a well-stocked cast. Indeed, in this film we discover Simon (Hakim Jemili) and Adélaïde (Camille Lou), a Parisian couple. Exhausted by city life, the two lovebirds decide to go green. With their two children, they settle in a small, uneventful village, apparently much calmer than the Capital. But when they arrive, there is disillusionment. The city-dwelling family realizes that their dear neighbors are using their garden as a hunting ground. It is at this moment that a merciless confrontation will begin… In this comedy, broadcast this Saturday, November 16, 2024, at 9:06 p.m. on Canal+, animals also have an important place. In this regard, Frédéric Forestier declared: “Hunters and urban dwellers were good, but we didn't want to forget the animals.“Besides, one of them has a surname that is, to say the least, original…
In Private preservea hen with a famous surname
For his hunting trips, Bernard (Didier Bourdon) can count on other hunting enthusiasts like Michel (played by Jean-François Cayrey). This sidekick is the happy owner of chickens that he decided to name with a curious name. Indeed, one of its precious gallinaceae is called Pina. A first name which pays homage to Pina Bausch, a famous German dancer who died in 2009… This reference tells the viewer to Private preserve that Michel is also passionate about contemporary dance, in addition to hunting.
How were the scenes with the animals shot?
Chickens, dogs, cats, but also wild boars and deer. The directors could hardly do without animals for this shoot. But shooting sequences with wildlife, especially wild ones, is quite complex to set up. To get around this difficulty, the directors found a solution. On this subject, Frédéric Forestier explains in the press kit: “There are a few wild boars, but mostly animatronics and digital effects. As much as you can train a dog, it is more complicated with a wild boar or a deer.“To complete his remarks, Antonin Fourlon adds:”It's also the times that want that, as in circuses, in the cinema we use fewer and fewer animals from the wild world.“
