On the Europe 1 cinema show, "CLAP!", A guest takes a weekly cinema questionnaire on the films of his life.
On Saturday, French actor Kad Merad answered questions from Mathieu Charrier about his memorable feature films, from the most moving to the one whose public reception was the most ... mixed.
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, famous actor Kad Merad immersed himself in his film buff memories, from the original
Shine
soundtrack
he listened to on cassettes to Bruce Lee, Frank Capra and
La Vie est belle.
What is your first memory of cinema?
If I go back, it seems to me it's Bruce Lee!
In a shopping center in Grigny, there was a cinema and with some friends, we went to see Bruce Lee.
And when we went out, we made nunchakus!
The film that you would have liked to see in the cinema?
That is a good question.
There are so many… Maybe
Doctor Jerry and Mister Love
.
This is my cult Jerry Lewis movie, which I saw on TV.
I would have liked to see it in public, because it's a film that I love.
It is the film that I like the most I think with
La Vie est belle
, by Frank Capra.
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Your best memory in theaters?
Difficult to answer because there are so many things… If I take a film in which I play, there was, for example, in Venice, a standing ovation for the film
The Melody
by Rachid Hami.
I was with the kids who took the plane for the first time and then ended up in Venice when they came from difficult neighborhoods.
We were all in costume.
And in Venice, we are perched on the balcony and the room is downstairs.
She turned around and stood up after the movie.
And I remember seeing these children in tears, moved.
it moved me enormously.
It is a great memory, because the film did not have any success afterwards in France, unfortunately.
What is your worst memory in theaters?
I know !
But it's horrible, horrible.
This is
but who re-killed Pamela Rose?
that we did with Olivier (Baroux).
The film comes out on Wednesday.
And we decide to go on tour, to go and see in theaters.
I remember that Olivier went to Montparnasse, it was the two o'clock session.
We entered the room and there were only two people on the day of the outing.
There, we took a slap in the face, as they say.
The film that you love but are ashamed to admit?
That there isn't.
I've been asked this question before: the film that I love, but that I'm ashamed to admit… I was going to say
Rambo
, but even
Rambo
for me is a masterpiece.
The first, not the last, of course.
No, but movies with a little testosterone, what.
The films where you don't think so much.
But at the same time, it's a cinema, it's a genre.
And then, fortunately, this cinema is also there.
So I'm never ashamed, actually.
What do you think is the most beautiful movie scene?
It may be a scene from
La Vie est belle
by Frank Capra.
When he returns home at the end, he has decided not to die.
He understood that without him the world would be rotten and he comes back and crosses the whole city.
And he wishes a store a Merry Christmas.
He is happy and he goes home.
It's a kind of extraordinary happy ending.
I think it's one of the most beautiful scenes in cinema.
I was inspired by it when I made
Marseille.
There's a scene where I'm running a little kid who says he's happy to go to the Vélodrome.
And I was inspired by this cabaret scene where he runs in the street and says "I'm going to the Vélodrome, Monsieur le Boucher, I'm going to the Vélodrome!"
Which movie makes you laugh the most?
There are plenty !
Perhaps
La Folie des grandeurs.
And the movie that makes you cry the most?
Life is beautiful
!
From the first second, as I know what's going to happen, I cry before I even see it.
All of the scenes in this movie are amazing.
Which movie would you recommend to your best friend?
I always hesitate between
La Vie est Belle
and
Doctor Jerry and Mister Love
, because those two films are important to me.
So, Life is beautiful.
That is very positive.
He is someone who is not well.
We can do good.
It can do good.
And which film would you recommend to your worst enemy?
Not nice for the movie!
I would say
L'Arbre aux sabots.
It's a film that must last four or six hours and that I saw when I was in school.
I had to in fourth, it was a school trip.
It is the memory that I keep: a long and extremely painful film.
But maybe it's a masterpiece.
The soundtrack that marked you for life?
Shine
!
I first carried it around on a cassette.
It really is an original soundtrack that I love.
It's very melancholy, very romantic.
It's piano, classical music.
It is also the story of
Shine
, that of a great pianist interpreted by Geoffrey Rush.
It is a magnificent film.