Back in the cinema with his new film, Retirement home, Kev Adams confided in the pages of Télé star about the complicated filming of the latter.
A theme that could not be more current! Retirement home, the new film by Thomas Gilou, tells the story of Milann, a thirty-something forced to do hours of community service in a retirement home, who ends up taking a liking to the residents and wishes to help them by discovering the abuses of weakness of which they are victims within the establishment. A new register for Kev Adams, rather accustomed to playing the eternal teenagers. “I wanted to honor the elderly and pay tribute to my grandparents who partly raised me“, explains the actor before evoking the sad reality of nursing homes, especially since the health crisis. “Since the start of the pandemic, the isolation of the elderly has never been so marked. This dismissal is very violent“, he blurts out, adding: “We prefer to put the subject aside, under the carpet, as a shameful thing.
Kev Adams: why he almost gave up filming the film
The filming of Retirement home did not go under the best auspices, at least at first. Indeed, the project, launched shortly before the health crisis, paid the price of confinement and the virus. “We had a lot of trouble financing the project and getting insurance.“, confides Kev Adams before adding: “And I was very afraid for the health of my partners, especially for Mylène Demongeot, hospitalized in intensive carewho was in a coma!” Kev Adams and the rest of the team then hesitate to continue filming, feeling that the film is “damn“, but ultimately hold their own.”Once the editing was done, we felt like we were there at the right time with the right story.”concludes the actor.
Interview to be found in full in your Télé Star magazine on newsstands and in digital version this Monday, February 14
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Kev Adams spotted leaving the Martinez Hotel during the 74th Cannes International Film Festival (July 6-17, 2021), July 13, 2021.
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Recording of the 10th anniversary of the program “Vendredi tout est permis (VTEP)”, presented by Arthur Essebag and broadcast on January 29 on TF1
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Meeting with comedian Kev Adams promoting his latest film “Retirement home” in Toulon. February 9, 2022
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Kev Adams – Preview of the film “Retirement home” at Le Grand Rex cinema in Paris on February 10, 2022. © Federico Pestellini / Panoramic / Bestimage
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