“Pilou pajamas!” It is the pictorial expression from the spirit of Ramzy Bedia To evoke Youssef Salem, the writer in the midst of an existential crisis which he camps in front of the camera of It’s not kasmi. Never – and it is not offending to the one who, with genius, has made us laugh for more than twenty freelands -, we had seen him so sincere, true, in his place, in a tragicomic role. Given the full screen evidence, there are necessarily intimate connections between the actor and his role. “” This character suits me so much. He is connected with lots of elements of my life. Starting with his family: it is a copy and paste of mine. And then there is also this duality between living the day in the showbiz and, in the evening, at home, when you ask for a coffee and we tell you “will do it!” I got into this role written for me as in … Pilou pajamas. »
The Book of Discord
Either Youssef Salem, novelist of Algerian origin, about to publish a taboo without self -fiction in which he evokes his shameful discovery of sexuality, in a traditional Maghreb family not frankly at the top on the subject. But above all, the artist makes all his own the characters of his largely autobiographical story: a mix of crazy love and exasperations for too long, within a clan which has shared silence. This book, his loved ones who live in the South should never read it: they would be bruised and would not understand that it is a creation. Youssef is convinced that his father would not survive it. Lack of bowl, the novel is a huge success, given favorite in Goncourt!
« I wanted to write a role commensurate with burlesque grace, depth, ramzy charisma, says the director. He is a great actor, all comedy is on the sincerity of his score in the film. “The 53 -year -old artist has never been so spoiled by a role:” I am particularly attached to it, because it was written for me. And that I understand everything he feels. Even if it happens in the world of publishing, I understand his discomfort, all the mental prisons from which he wants to go out, in particular his family prison, his customs. I also understand it when he realizes that it is his most important family. »
With a finesse, a tenderness pepper of a constant humor, this group portrait questions, with the same apparent lightness, deep subjects such as artistic creation, family and the place of each, but also integration, its successes and its failures. See Youssef let faults printed so that his father, keen on spelling, can exercise his art, spins goosebumps. And the choice of Midaking BediaRamzy’s sister, to play Bouchra, the plumTif’s youngest in crisis, adds an ultra touching truth effect. “” I asked Ramzy’s permission to offer him the role and he was enthusiastic “Specifies Baya Kasmi. A shared feeling after having walked into such a beautiful company.
Youssef Salem is successful, Sunday August 17 at 9:10 p.m. on France 2
