About twenty films will be released in theaters on May 19, the day most cultural venues reopen.

Among them, "Envole-moi", signed Christophe Barratier, which tells the story of the meeting between two young men who help each other to regain a taste for life.

INTERVIEW

D-3 before the reopening of the dark rooms.

Among the twenty films that will be showing from May 19, there is 

Envole-moi

by Christophe Barratier, a "feel-good" movie with the grandson of "Bébel", Victor Belmondo, in the role. title.

It tells the true story of a 12-year-old boy sick with a heart defect who regains a taste for life with a young man in his twenties in search of landmarks.

"This film is a real breath of fresh air. We are delighted that it comes out immediately because it is full of life. We need it right now," said the young actor on Sunday at the microphone of Europe 1 . 

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Due to the health crisis, filming was interrupted in March 2020, only five weeks after starting, and did not resume until July.

For Christophe Barratier, seeing the film come out as soon as the cinemas reopen is a great relief.

Many feature films are indeed still on the waiting list.

"We're going to say that the subject and the genre are just right. But really, we didn't do it on purpose," he smiles.

"A new breath"

The meeting between the sick young boy, played by Yoann Eloundou whose first film is, and the character of Victor Belmondo, "who spends his days in bed and his nights in a nightclub", will change their daily lives. of them. "There is an emotionally handicapped person and a physically handicapped person. And as usual, by helping someone we often help ourselves", says the director. "The two complement each other, contribute things", adds Victor Belmondo.

Alongside these two young actors, we find a star of French cinema. "I had the chance to meet a captain, Gérard Lanvin", explains Christophe Barratier. The actor plays the father of Victor Belmondo's character. On him either, the director is full of praise. "Despite his very gangly and nonchalant air, he is a super hard worker who entered this film like a glove and who bursts the screen." The director concludes: "This

Fly me away,

I did not foresee it, but it is a new breath."