Alain Souchon is a successful singer, of course, but he is also an actor nominated for the Césars for his role as Pin-Pon, in the film "The murderous summer" by Jean Becker.

But he preferred, over the years, the song to the cinema.

In the program "Icons", hosted by Michel Denisot on Europe 1, Alain Souchon confides in his relationship with the world of cinema. 

In the film

The murderous Summer

directed by Jean Becker in 1983, Alain Souchon plays Fiorimondo Montechiari known as "Pin-pon" with Isabelle Adjani.

He also plays in the film 

Je vous aime

 by Claude Berri in 1980 alongside notably Catherine Deneuve, Jean-Louis Trintignant and Gérard Depardieu.

Roles noticed since he was nominated twice for the Césars.

But despite all this, Alain Souchon did not continue in the cinema.

He confides in his career for the big screen in the program

Icons

 of Michel Denisot on Europe 1.

"I have met wonderful people"

“It didn't fascinate me,” says Alain Souchon about his acting career.

And if the cinema hasn't worked for him, it's because he likes to "be the boss".

"I like directing myself. If I do a song, and involve myself well and it's good, I'm successful. If I flare it up and botch, I don't. no success. I like that it is tangible. In the cinema, you are embroiled in a wonderful story because you meet wonderful people like Jean-Louis Trintignant, Catherine Deneuve or Isabelle Adjani… I am really happy to have met them But the work itself ... I was in charge of nothing! I was told 'do that', 'sit down there', etc. I don't know how to do that, ”he breathes. 

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"Great actors fascinate me"

However, there is an exception.

A film in which he shot with director Jacques Doillon in 1987:

Comedy! 

This film, where he plays with Jane Birkin, "nobody saw him", he said, "but that I like him very much". 

The singer, however, reveals to be "fascinated" by "the great actors".

"I love to see Al Pacino or Jean Gabin in any movie," he admits.

And when asked for his cinematographic icon, Alain Souchon answers directly: "Certainly François Truffaut. I recently saw

L'Enfant sauvage

, c'est dingue. As he speaks, as he walks, as he says. Everything is wonderful. with that guy ".