In the cinema program of Europe 1, "CLAP!", A guest takes a weekly cinema questionnaire on the films of his life.

On Saturday, the writer David Foenkinos answered Mathieu Charrier's questions.

INTERVIEW

Every Saturday for an hour in 

CLAP!

, the cinema specialist of Europe 1, Mathieu Charrier, takes a tour of the news of the seventh art.

Each week, a guest, whether or not from the world of cinema, submits to a personal questionnaire on the films of his life.

On Saturday, writer David Foenkinos, who has just released a new novel called

The Martin Family

, lent himself to the game.

>> Find all of Mathieu Charrier's shows in replay and podcast here 

Your first memory of cinema?

"My first memory is quite special since it was my uncle Alain who took me to see

Diva

, by Jean-Jacques Beineix, at the age of 6. Suffice to say that I understood absolutely nothing. But at the same time time, I was extremely flattered to see an adult film and I have an inevitably striking memory of it, of the atmosphere, of the ambiance. I saw it again several years later and it is true that the first film is unforgettable. "

Your best memory in the dining room?

"My best memory is a little later. It was really at the time of the madness of the

Big Blue

by Luc Besson. People forgot but it was completely crazy. I was at that time 15 years old and I went to see

Le Grand Bleu

and the Grand Rex

8 times

, it was exactly like going to see Lady Gaga. It was completely crazy. People were screaming as soon as there was the opening credits, it was applauding to each name. We laughed, there was a type of fan-attitude that I've never seen in any other movie. And it's true that it was a pretty magical time. "

Your worst memory in the gym?

"It is not a memory linked to the film, but to fear. Again, you have to imagine that I was born in 1974. So no DVDs, no home movies. At the age of 8 years old my grandmother took me to see

ET

the alien

 and I had never seen a movie like it. Now my 6 year old daughter loves to see ET, she has no problem, she is very quiet compared to that. But I remember screaming, leaving the room immediately as soon as I saw the appearance of ET "

The cult movie you've never seen? 

“I shouldn't say it, but it's

The Cheetah

. There are some cult movies like that… Besides, I love Visconti -

Death in Venice

is a movie that I've seen a lot of times. But

Le Guépard,

I realized while preparing your show that I had the impression of having seen it since we know so much the images, we see Delon in this bar, (Burt) Lancaster ... realized that I had never seen him. "

The most beautiful movie scene according to you? 

"It's hard to choose, but I would say a scene

from Claude Sautet's

Things of Life

, because I find that there is nothing harder in cinema than filming happiness. The simplicity of happiness, it's always very tough. So there's a scene like that where Piccoli and Romy Schneider are in the bedroom. It's magic, it's simple. She has bare shoulders, she gets up at one point, she's writing on a typewriter and he's typing something on the typewriter. And when she comes back to sit down, she just reads a statement. A simple idea, a beauty, a flash. For me, it is with absolute economy the expression of the most total happiness. And this scene fascinates me. "

Which movie made you laugh the most?

"There are a lot of them. I'm quite a good audience, but I think

So close

to Nakache and Tolédano is a high point for me. At the same time, it's a film that touches me a lot and makes me cry. the end. But I find that he touches, with a humor that resonates in me. All the characters make me laugh in this suburb, in Créteil, in the buildings that look like cabbages. There are plenty, lots, lots of lines that I find hilarious. There is an energy. Nakache and Tolédano I admire them enormously and it is a real reference for my brother and me. "

And the movie that made you cry the most?

“I would say, after having a kid, it's

Kramer versus Kramer.

I remember seeing it when my son was 5 or 6. It's an absolute tear-jerker, absolutely magical kind of storytelling progression. and overwhelming. In this film, we are gradually caught by what Dustin Hoffman feels, by his emotion, the relationship he develops with his son. It is incredibly strong and it is true that in the end Meryl Streep is coming back to pick up the child, it's unbearable emotion. I remember crying a lot. "

The soundtrack that has marked your life the most?

"It's not at all to talk about myself or my films, but it is true that the relationship that I had with Émilie Simon on our film, 

The Delicacy

, is the most important for me because it was magic to collaborate with her. Otherwise, Enio Morricone in

The incorruptibles

or all the musics of Philippe Sarde, of Georges Delerue. It also reminds me of Miles Davis in front of an elevator for the scaffold. J he likes music that seems to be composed in front of images, almost improvised like a wandering, note by note. "