2019, May 16 at the Cannes Film Festival. This day is to be marked with a milestone for the fans of Les Nuls who had submitted the idea to them in a petition: Alain Chabat and Gérard Darmon celebrated the 25th anniversary of The City of Fear by one Carioca worthy of the one we can see, filmed on the stage of the Palais des Festivals, at the end of the cult film.
The deckchair closest to the center of the stage
A few hours before the film is shown on the beach, the press officer calls me: “Come tonight, there will be a surprise”. At the appointed time, I choose the closest deckchair to the center of the stage from which, I hope, the promised surprise will emerge. At 11:15 p.m., the beach projectionist simulates a breakdown, like in the film… The lights come back on, the fans shout “refund our invitations”. Alain Chabat and Gérard Darmon tumble like a flower, or rather two, and embark on a pas de deux more expected than a goal from Kyky for France. I am the first to rush into the pit. With 935,000 views, 32,000 likes, 14,000 retweets and 428 comments, my video is making the rounds of aficionados…
This May 16 had started well for fans of The City of Fear with a flash mob organized by the town hall, bringing together a hundred festival-goers and Cannes residents to dance a giant Carioca on the years of Freedom, a few meters from the Gare Maritime. After two days of rehearsals, these first-time fans were wonderfully able to link “salsa steps, Darmon and airplane”.
“Me too, when I’m happy, I vomit”
“You have a piece of potato on your cheek. Franck, 48, was attacking hard during rehearsals when 20 minutes asked him if he was a fan of The City of Fear. He invariably nodded and continued in the same tone: “Me too, like Dominique Farrugia in the film, when I am happy, I vomit. »
This evening of May 16, 2019, Franck was one of those who chanted “Refund our invitations” after trying to unravel the mystery of the letters ODI and L…