Michel Denisot released Wednesday his first film, "Any resemblance ...", with, among others, Alain Delon in his own role. Invited from Europe 1 Monday, the former presenter of the "Grand Journal" of Canal + explains how he convinced the actor to play in his film.

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Any resemblance ... , directed by Michel Denisot, is released Wednesday in theaters. The film tells the story of an iconic presenter, the favorite of the French, at the head of the 20-hour newscast. Its director, Michel Denisot, who passes behind the camera for the first time in his life, at age 74, was on Europe 1 Monday, in L'Equipée sauvage , to tell how he made his casting, which includes a monument of French cinema, Alain Delon.

Alain Delon "happy to find the world of cinema"

The actor of the Cheetah has not filmed for years but Michel Denisot managed to play it in his film. Without saying that they are friends, the fresh director recognizes a "relationship of trust". "I have the phone regularly, I have a good relationship with him," says the former president of the PSG.

He continues: "During a conversation, Alain ended up telling me 'you make a movie? You just write me a page and if I like it, I'll do it!' So I wrote a page and he came ". Alain Delon played during the last day of shooting: "It was very moving to see him so happy, happy to find the world of cinema".

Franck Dubosc, Denis Podalydes, Jerome Commandeur, Caterina Murino and Sylvie Testud are the headliners of Tout resemblance ... , written and directed by Michel Denisot, theatrically released on Wednesday.