Philippe Vandel receives director Eric Lavaine on Friday in “Culture Médias” for his film “Un tour chez ma fille”, sequel to “Retour chez ma fille”, which will be released on June 16.
He remembers his career at Canal +, and more particularly his work on the famous "H" series, with Jamel Debbouze and Eric and Ramzy.
INTERVIEW
It is one of the first major French comedy series.
Broadcast on Canal + between 1998 and 2020,
H
notably revealed Jamel Debbouze, Eric Judor and Ramzy Bedia.
Director Eric Lavaine, who worked on this series, remembers
the madness of this cult program on
Friday in
Culture Médias
.
He was the guest of Philippe Vandel to present his new film,
Un tour chez ma fille
, with Mathilde Seigner and Josiane Balasko.
This sequel to
Retour chez ma fille
will hit theaters on June 16.
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"When I worked at Canal +, I was mainly responsible for the
H
series
", remembers Eric Lavaine at the microphone of Europe 1. "It was another time, since I was what we called artistic director. Today, it looks more like a showrunner. I took care of the lyrics, the set, we had to manage Eric and Ramzy ... It was a crazy job! "
"We had crazy freedom"
The director has fond memories of his work on this series.
He also believes that we could no longer do a similar program today.
"We did not realize the unimaginable luck that we had and this crazy freedom, which we perhaps have a little less today," he regrets.
Since
H
, Eric Lavaine has devoted himself more to cinema. On June 16, his new film
Un tour chez ma fille
, the sequel to
Return to my mother's house, will be released.
He is also preparing another feature film,
Plancha
, which will be the sequel to
Barbecue
.