A film mixing genres of at least 3 hours, the “phew” bet of Gilles Lellouche’s new film, L’Amour ouf, with François Civil and Adèle Exarchopoulos. Lots of information on this very ambitious French project.
5 years after the release of Le Grand Bain, Gilles Lellouche put on his director’s hat again for L’Amour ouf. The shooting of this very ambitious film was completed very recently, after 88 days of shooting.
The show Nice gesture on France 2 was able to attend the last day of filming, at the beginning of September, in Marseille. The opportunity to find out more about this film which will hit the big screen in 2024.
L’Amour ouf will tell the love story between a little bandit and his sassy fiancée, with flashbacks and clashing stories, as summarized by journalist Pierre Lescure in his report.
The film, which promises to be very broad, will bring together a great cast: François Civil and Adèle Exarchopoulos, who, for the record, shared the Bac Nord poster with Gilles Lellouche.
Malik Frikah (seen in Apaches) and Mallory Wanecque (seen in Les Pires) will play the other two main roles. They will play precisely the young version of the characters played by François Civil and Adèle Exarchopoulos. L’Amour Ouf takes place over several eras, and will cross temporalities.
He quotes Scorsese, Tarantino and West Side Story
L’Amour Ouf will have the uniqueness of crossing genres. “A mix of genres, notably musical comedy. It’s a teenage movie, it’s a love film…“, develops Gilles Lellouche at the microphone of Beau Geste.
In terms of references, the producers salute the director’s love of cinema, which calls upon Scorsese, Tarantino, or West Side Story… And we learn in passing that the film will have an XXL duration, like the references cited…
Gilles Lellouche indicates that the film will last “at least 3 hours“! For the dance part, the director called on the most sought-after company of the moment: the collective (La)Horde, for which this will be their first foray into cinema.
For the record, L’Amour Ouf will be Gilles Lellouche’s third feature film, after Narco and Le Grand Bain. The latter was very successful, with 4.3 million entries. As the director explains, it was the success of this film that allowed him to carry out this new project, which he had been thinking about for 17 years!
A first attempt to make this film took place with Benoit Poelvoorde several years ago. “This movie is a fantasy come true“, he confides, still on the microphone of Beau Geste, broadcast Sunday October 15 on France 2.
You will have to be patient to discover the film which will arrive on the big screen in 2024, with a possible detour to the Cannes Film Festival, if the editing is ready in time.