This film, “Nanar” with Kad Merad in Pope, comes out on the sly in only 5 cinemas in France this summer this summer

You probably did not hear about it, and for good reason! This new film with Kad Merad is released in the cinema this Wednesday, August 13, 2025 and should not be a great success, since it is only broadcast in five cinemas. Télé-Loisirs explains everything to you.

It is a sly on the Catimini that this film makes. Papamobile is now in the cinema since Wednesday, August 13, 2025, at the same time as the feature film Is there a cop to save the world? With Liam Neeson. But not sure you can see it … Indeed, it is only available in a very limited number of rooms! Only five, according to information from CBO Box Office what Télé-Loisirs was able to consult. A blow for this film, signed by Sylvain Estibal, to whom we owe The Gaza pigwhich received the César for the best first film in 2012. In Papamobilethe pope is kidnapped while he makes a historic trip to northern Mexico, where a fierce struggle rage between drug cartels rage. But the Holy Father kidnapped by a mystical Cartel’s headache at the origin of the kidnapping will prove to be very different from what she imagined … It is Kad Merad who puts here the clothes of the Sovereign Pontiff. The actor had shared some photos of the shooting that took place in Mexico two years ago. His partner, host Julia Vignali now head of the show Affairmade a little appearance in the film and had also published a photo on Instagram.

Papamobile : “A not funny comedy” According to its producer, but ardently defended by its director

The film would already be announced as “missed” by its producer, who would have entrusted to Chained duck From this Wednesday, August 13, 2025: “It’s a comedy not funny. It happens …”. According to the X account, formerly Twitter, Cinema destination (sometimes considered controversial by moviegoers), this would also explain why the distributor The Jokers, who contributed financially to the film, would not do “Neither promo, ni pub”. Director Sylvain Estibal for his part wrote a right of response, always relayed on X by Cinema destination. He specifies that the film benefited from a small budget and that Kad Merad “Put his wages essentially in participation for the project to be done despite this lack of budget.” And detail: “My wages as director as well as that of the main actress were also attached so that the project can succeed. Since the film hardly does not release in theaters, we will touch nothing (…). Several technicians (mixing, VFX), have agreed to help this film by working for free by friendship or sympathy for the project (…). This is almost exclusively private funds (…). Sylvain Estibal also regrets the production of the producer. “The producer considers that ‘it is missed’ and ‘not funny.’ Too bad that a producer supposed to defend his projects is thus expressed in the press on the day of its release.

Papamobile : A second life on Prime Video?

“Others who saw the film have found it extraordinary, crazy and fun, and do not understand that its release is thus scratched”finally underlines the director Sylvain Estibal, who himself claims a side “Nanar”. “The film was pre-purchased by Amazon and will therefore have a life after the room”he concludes, announcing at the same time that it will also be broadcast on OCS. Who knows, curious moviegoers may offer this film a good life?

Article written in collaboration with 6medias