Present at the Cannes Film Festival on May 18 for Tirailleurs, his new film, Omar Sy took advantage of the red carpet with his wife Hélène. Glamorous moment.
came to present Skirmishers of Mathieu Vadepied to Cannes film festival. The film is broadcast this Wednesday, May 18 at the opening of the Un Certain regard category. Omar Sy therefore won the Croisette in the company of his wife, Helen Sy. The French actor walked the red carpet with the mother of his five children. In smocking, bow tie, the star ofUntouchables climbed the stairs to carry this very personal feature film of which he is the producer. In this historical drama, Omar Sy plays Bakary Diallo, a father of Senegalese origin who enlists in the army in 1917 to join his son (Alassane Diong) at the front, recruited by force.
If the screenplay by Olivier Demangel (9 months firm) does not lend itself to laughter, Omar Sy nevertheless took full advantage of his climb to the Palais des festivals. Alongside the Franco-Senegalese film crew, including Jonas Bloquet, Alassane Diong and Mathieu Vadepied, the 44-year-old actor appeared, as usual, very elegant. His wife Hélène wore a black dress with silver patterns reminiscent of the Palme d’Or. The couple took a few selfies at the top of the stairs. Always the word to laugh, the former acolyte of Fred Testot slipped to France Info to be came in”fanto see Tom Cruisepresent for the projection of Top Gun: Maverick. With his Hollywood career already well stocked, Omar Sy will have no trouble approaching the star.
A theme dear to Omar Sy
The subject of Skirmishers is of particular importance to Omar Sy. As our colleagues from TF1 remind us, the actor’s father is a Senegalese worker, expatriated to France in 1962. With his Mauritanian wife who joined him in 1974, they settled in Trappes. Omar Sy will be born four years later in the city of Yvelines. Coincidence – or not – the actor had performed last July at the Avignon Festival, a reading of Brothers in arms of David Diop. The Goncourt prize for high school students 2018 tells the story of a young Senegalese rifleman of the Great War, traumatized by the death of his best friend whom he sees die before his eyes near a trench. A poignant story which had touched the actor in the heart: “I really took a slap. It was the first time that I entered a war. This trip disturbed me“, he had explained on France Culture.
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Omar Sy and his wife Hélène
Omar Sy and Hélène Sy went to the screening of the film “Tirailleurs”.
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Omar Sy and his wife Hélène
Omar Sy and Hélène Sy were very accomplices, a glamorous couple dressed in black.
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Jonas Bloquet, Alassane Diong, Mathieu Vadepied, Omar Sy
Jonas Bloquet, Alassane Diong, Mathieu Vadepied and Omar Sy present “Tirailleurs” which inaugurates the Un Certain regard selection of the Festival.
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Omar Sy, Mathieu Vadepied, Alassane Diong, Jonas Bloquet
Omar Sy, Mathieu Vadepied, Alassane Diong and Jonas Bloquet posed before the screening of the film centered on the story of Senegalese skirmishers.
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Omar Sy is particularly touched by the story of “Tirailleurs”, which tells the story of a Senegalese father enlisted in the army of the 14-18 war to join his son at the front, engaged by force.
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Omar Sy
Omar Sy did not hesitate to greet the public at the Cannes Film Festival, claiming that he was there as a “fan” to approach Tom Cruise.
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Omar Sy is the producer of “Tirailleurs”.
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Omar Sy is 44 years old, he is the father of five children born of his relationship with his wife, Hélène Sy.
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Omar Sy and his wife Hélène
Omar Sy and Hélène Sy also took a few selfies at the top of the stairs.
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Omar Sy, Mathieu Vadepied, Alassane Diong, Jonas Bloquet
Omar Sy, Mathieu Vadepied, Alassane Diong and Jonas Bloquet presented the poignant drama “Tirailleurs”, in competition in the Un Certain regard section.