Dany Boon finds Kad Merad, his accomplice in Welcome to the Ch’tis And Superchondriac In life for real, his new comedy. Both are on the job in tailor-made roles.
To Dany Boon, the naive character discovering Paris after having spent his life at Club Med – his name is Tridan. To his partner, that of a cynical man, his half-brother. Between the two thieves, Charlotte Gainsbourg seems delighted to sow discord because of jealousy.
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“I wanted to try something different with Charlotte, explains Dany Boon, to offer her a fifty-year-old character who sometimes goes overboard. Basically, she is afraid of ending up alone in a big city like Paris, because of the way society treats this kind of women or regards them today. The sweetness that emanates from a hero who takes her for his childhood sweetheart ends up taming this hardened bachelor lost on dating sites.
The presence of the actress, who gives free rein to her comic nature, brings a wind of novelty to the heart of a well-established duo. The good-natured humor that is Dany Boon’s trademark scratches superficial love relationships and a society that is too materialistic to celebrate love with a capital “a”. The obvious camaraderie that unites the actor-director to his partners is a major asset for this fantasy intended for a very large audience because it is devoid of any malice.