Every day, AlloCiné recommends a film to (re)watch on TV. This evening: Jacques Dutronc slips into the skin of the painter Van Gogh in front of the lens of Maurice Pialat.
After having met with sudden notoriety thanks to the success of the title “Et moi, et moi, et moi”, Jacques Dutronc became, through his collaboration with the lyricist Jacques Lanzmann, one of the notable celebrities of the yéyé era. In 1973, Jean-Marie Périer convinced the singer, who was then hitting hits, to be the hero of his first feature film, Antoine et Sébastien. From then on, Jacques Dutronc alternated between recording albums and filming, passing behind the camera of Claude Lelouch, Andrzej Żuławski, Jean-Luc Godard, Jean-Pierre Mocky or even Claude Chabrol.
But it was Maurice Pialat who offered him his most outstanding role: that of Van Gogh, in the eponymous film devoted to the last days of the painter’s life. The film recorded a very good score at the box office since it brought together no less than 1.3 million spectators in theaters. The performance of Jacques Dutronc, in the skin of this misunderstood genius during his lifetime, is astonishing in its truth and humanity. She earned him the César for Best Actor in 1992.
Van Gogh by Maurice Pialat with Jacques Dutronc, Alexandra London, Bernard Le Coq…
Tonight on Arte at 8:55 p.m.