Michèle Laroque will chair the 24th Alpe d'Huez festival in January 2021

Michèle Laroque during the 2020 edition of the International Comedy Film Festival of Alpe d'Huez, in Isère -

Michèle Laroque will chair the 24th edition of the Alpe d'Huez international comedy film festival, which will be held from January 19 to 24, 2021 in the Isère ski resort.

The actress succeeds the actor and comedian José Garcia, who crowned

in January

, a comedy by Michaël Youn whose release had been postponed to mid-July due to the coronavirus pandemic.

The @Festivalpedhuez is proud to announce that the Jury of # FAH2021 will be chaired by @MicheleLaroque.

See you at @alpedhuez in @CDIsere @auvergnerhalpes for the 24th edition of the January 19/24 Festival!

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- Festival de l'Alpe d'Huez (@Festivalpedhuez) September 17, 2020

Confident festival director

Revealed on television at the end of the 1980s in the show with sketches

, where she rubbed shoulders in particular with Pierre Palmade, Michèle Laroque then followed the roles in the cinema, in television films or in series, mainly in the register of comedy.

In total, the one who joined in 1997 the band of Enfoirés de Coluche appeared in the cast of about fifty feature films.

In 2018, she directed her first film,

, in which she took on the leading role of a woman left by her husband on Christmas Day.

Her second,

, was presented last January at Alpe d'Huez, and will be released in March 2021. She once again occupies the top of the bill and takes a dim view of her daughter and her boyfriend settle in with her and her companion, played by Stéphane De Groodt.

Like every year, the festival selection will include between ten and fifteen feature films and ten short films in competition.

“With the pandemic, we were afraid of not having enough content.

But we were reassured by the whole industry, which was very enthusiastic when we announced the dates of the festival.

We are going to be spoiled for choice, ”said its director Frédéric Cassoly.

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