Since February 14, Laurent Lafitte has been starring in “Molière Imaginaire”, in which he plays the famous playwright. And his best film according to AlloCiné spectators also takes place in the past.
After Bernard Tapie on television, Laurent Lafitte is Molière in the cinema. In Olivier Py’s Le Molière Imaginaire, which looks back on the last hours of the life of the famous playwright, who died on stage after a performance of “Imaginary illness” according to legend (but not reality, as he confirmed to us in an interview).
Revealed to the general public thanks to Guillaume Canet’s Little Handkerchiefs, the actor will then remain in the past thanks to The Count of Monte Cristo then Sarah Bernhardt, the divine. Another biopic, in which he will play Lucien Guitry, father of Sacha.
And it is also in the past that his best film takes place according to AlloCiné spectators. With an average of 4.3 out of 5, obtained from 22,621 ratings, Albert Dupontel’s Goodbye Up There sits at the top of the filmography.
The actor plays a secondary role in this adaptation of the novel of the same name by Pierre Lemaître, winner of the Goncourt Prize in 2013, which takes place after the First World War and tells how two survivors of the trenches, one a genius designer, the other a modest accountant , decide to set up a war memorial scam.
Five Césars were awarded to this film (including Best Director) thanks to which Albert Dupontel follows in the footsteps of Jean-Pierre Jeunet (who directed him in A Long Sunday Engagement), and offers Laurent Lafitte the role of villain of a story which more than seduced the public.
Of the 1,280 reviews posted on AlloCiné since its release, 567 have a maximum rating of 5 out of 5. That’s a little less than half. Among them, we find that of nefastodelirioin which we feel relief: “I read the book and I was very afraid of a possible disappointment. The film not only did not disappoint me, but I really liked it, it’s very spectacular, it’s touching, beautiful, beautiful, beautiful.”
Magnificent film which begins with Spielberg, then Jeunet, moves on to Scorsese and ends with Palma… With the kindness of Coppola!
“Magnificent film which begins with Spielbergthen Jeunet, we continue with Scorsese and we end with from Palma… With the kindness of Coppola !”affirms for his part michaelhinowho takes out big names like trump cards in tarot.
“The direction, the screenplay, the sets, the costumes, the photography, the sound, the music, the distribution: everything is perfect”ignites Vince. “Au Revoir Là-Haut is an extraordinarily beautiful, magnificent and poetic film, the scenes are absolutely marvelous.”
“Albert Dupontel creates nothing less than a masterpiece here”For frederic-briones.com. “The images are superb, the camera wide; excess shares with intimacy, rebellion competes with resignation, cynicism with ridicule, the beautiful prevails over the ugly and tragedy over comedy…”
Whatever the prism chosen to analyze the film, Goodbye there appears to be a success
A definitive (and poetic) text, to say the least, which is accompanied by this signed sentence Miltiadeswhich appears to be a perfect summary of the most positive opinions on the feature film: “Whatever prism you choose to analyze the film, Goodbye there appears to be a success.”
From the sets to the costumes, including the subject and its treatment, the direction of Albert Dupontel or the acting of the actors, the ensemble seems to have put stars in the eyes of its most won over spectators. And there are many of them given its average on AlloCiné.
And you ? What did you think of Goodbye up there?