No sooner had the containment declared, France 2 was drawing the first weekend of March 21-22, one after the other, Les Tontons flingueurs and La Grande Vadrouille . Like a reflex of withdrawal, a safe haven. And it worked, with more than five million viewers, and 30% audience share, for La Grande Vadrouille , and testimonials like that of Jacqueline, a retired, in Le Parisien : "We don't have any more thought of the coronavirus. It all starts with a desire: to get on board. ”
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Consequently, France 2 offers a heritage film every day at 2 p.m., already with Jean de Florette, Manon des sources , An elephant that deceives enormously , We will all go to paradise, Cabbage soup, The wing or the thigh, and this week Inspector Labavure Monday, L'as des aces Tuesday or L' Aventure , c'est aventure Wednesday. TF1 and the 7th company , France 5 and classics like Hiver 54 or Rocco and his brothers … all the channels are getting started, and M6 takes the opportunity to bring out its Gendarme from Saint-Tropez, in New York this Monday evening.
Why do we need to see and review these great classics of French cinema in times of crisis, 20 Minutes asked Alain Kruger, curator of the exhibition Louis De Funès, which was to open on Wednesday April 1 at the Cinémathèque de Paris but which will wait for the end of confinement, "we hope in June".
Why France 2 proposed "La Grande Vadrouille" in the first days of confinement?
It is the great film of national reconciliation, the big cuddle cuddle, a film that has accompanied us, us Frenchmen, for three generations already. This programming, so early in confinement, must be seen as a sign of recognition of national unity. Laughter is the best remedy against the crisis, and French heritage is full of cult comedies.
We are talking about films, but it is also a question of actors: Belmondo, Coluche and of course Funès, common point of many scheduled comedies.
There is the fact that these are known faces, and therefore comforting, but also this return to the popular, almost to the land. France has always had a problem with success, the popular. This becomes suspect in the eyes of critics, who would like to be the only one to love and defend certain actors, or authors. This is all the more obvious with Louis de Funès, who was critically acclaimed before being discredited with his popular successes.
Can Louis de Funès be considered the perfect antidote to confinement?
What is interesting with him is that he synthesizes all the faults, all the faults, of the French. You can imagine being wary or moving away from a doctor in the baker's queue, for fear of being contaminated. It's a role he could have played in the movies. It can therefore be seen as an antidote to human stupidity viruses.
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What are your cinema recommendations for the coming weeks?
La Grande Illusion by Jean Renoir is a confinement film in its own way, as a film of imprisonment. Essential. How eternal Life is beautiful by Frank Capra. To come back to de Funès and confinement, but in the second degree, I will cite Les Bons Vivants , a film with sketches by Georges Lautner and Gilles Grangier, on dialogues by Michel Audiard. History evokes the closing of brothels. The film is scheduled as part of Ciné + de Funès, an ephemeral digital channel launched on April 1 with more than twenty films, some of which were little seen and all very entertaining.
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