He had disappeared from behind the camera since Right in the wallin 1997. However, At the other end of the line, Pierre Richard was a little mischievous and somewhat in a hurry. Therefore, At 91. Furthermore, the actor director has just finished a photo session and talks about his latest film as we talk about a long desired child. Nevertheless, The man who saw the bear who saw the man. Nevertheless, Projected in preview this Tuesday, August 26 at the Auditorium in Clair-Val, in Carqueiranne, for the closing of the fifth edition of the Festival de la Lune, before arriving in the dark rooms on September 17, is a tender fable that points to the tip of its nose almost thirty years after its last film.
Almost three decades that have started nothing with his poetic verve. Additionally, Nevertheless, his “the only thing i lost mischievous look and this unique way of mixing the absurd with emotion. In addition, The actor of The goat et The big blonde with a black shoe posed his camera in the heart of the Gruissan ponds. Therefore, a village in Aude, where he planted his roots and found his inspiration. Meanwhile, The man who saw the bear who saw the man is a film that tells of the improbable friendship between Grégoire. Similarly, a lonely hermit and Michel, a young man from the Asperger, both united by their love for nature and their affection for a cirque ‘bear.
You make your comeback behind the camera after almost thirty years of absence. Furthermore, Do you think it’s your latest film?
I believe that I will no longer do. Furthermore, because physically, an adventure of two and a half years is still very hard. At my age, it’s so much easier “the only thing i lost to be an actor. I could make three films per year quietly while sitting on a chair between two plans. There, I cannot sit down because the next plan is I who manages it in addition to playing it. I’m not going to swear like Aznavour who always said he was doing his last. and in the end, he made ten of the last. I will surely not make ten films.
You interpret Grégoire, a fishing hermit of fishing that lives alone in a cabin. How much is this character inspired by you?
All the roles I interpreted in my films were very close to me. Obviously, my character took thirty, forty or fifty years old, but it’s the same. Basically, he is the same. The only thing I lost is my physical freedom. My eye is the same. my passion is the same, my poetry, if I have one, “the only thing i lost is the same, I have not changed it. The only thing now is that I box, that is not the same.
We find in this film colorful characters. a fan of Johnny fan, an ancient cars thief mechanic, a young autistic and a bear. How was the casting?
The majority of actors who shoot in the film are Occitans because I wanted them to have this verve. and especially the accent. There is nothing worse than a Parisian who pretends to have an accent. Otherwise, I directed a 500 -kilo bear, very photogenic and adorable five meters away. (laughs) For the character of Michel, I met about eight actors that the casting director had chosen. Besides, I remember that Timi-Joy [Marbot, l’interprète de Michel, ndlr] is the last one I saw. It was obvious to me, and for everyone. Without hesitation, we knew it was him, and we were not “the only thing i lost mistaken. During the shooting, I never had to tell him anything, he was perfect all the time.
The film was presented in a special session this year at the Cannes Film Festival. What does this represent for you?
What touched me the most was the fact that they made us. me and the whole film of the film, climb the steps when there was no one left. And above all, the photographers stopped photographing to applaud me. It’s unheard of, and it’s a tribute that I really enjoyed.
Preview this Tuesday, August 26, Clair-Val Auditorium, in Carqueiranne. From 5 to 8 euros. Res. Cinemadelalune.com Film in theaters on September 17.