Yéyés fans will be served. Friday night, France 3 operates a return in the 60s and 70s with a documentary of nearly 2 hours dedicated to the generation "Hello friends", of which Europe 1 is a partner. Johnny Hallyday, Christophe, Dick Rivers, Eddy Mitchell, Claude French, France Gall, Sylvie Vartan ... There are only big stars on the program! The director, Pascal Forneri, explains why on Europe 1.
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The stars of the time testify
In October 1959, sixty years ago, Europe 1 launched "Hello friends". The show and the magazine influenced an entire generation. The director, Pascal Forneri, made it a point of honor for the witnesses of the time to express themselves. He explains his approach in Philippe Vandel's program Culture médias. "I wanted to hear, from people who lived, what it was to grow up and be a teenager at this time, in France," says the director.
In total, eight key speakers - like Christophe, Sheila, Dany or Julien Clerc - confide in front of his camera. They recount "their relationship with their parents, music, access to notoriety, social phenomena ...", lists Pascal Forneri.
Unpublished images
Even fans of "Hello Buddies" will glean anecdotes and discover new documents, says the author of the documentary. "There are pictures and unpublished photos," he says, like photos of Françoise Hardy at her house or composing, as well as images of Dick Rivers at Lennon and McCartney's 1965 show in England, with a cover of a Beatles song. A program never broadcast in France.
With this documentary "Génération Salut les Copains", Pascal Forneri also pays homage to his father, Dick Rivers. He who has always bathed in the fever of the 1960s believes that this decade has changed everything. "Before the 60s, adolescence was a transition to adulthood, it was not a culture, an age where you could express yourself, have your own tastes and opinions," he says. "SLC, whether it's the radio show or the magazine, have been the official organ species of this young generation," adds the director.