François Ozon was very relaxed a few hours before climbing the stairs to
Everything went well this Wednesday evening in Cannes. Supported by Sophie Marceau, André Dussollier,
Geraldine Pailhas, he did not hide his happiness to be on the Croisette with this powerful column on girls who help their father suffering from an incurable disease to practice assisted suicide in Switzerland.
“I should have come to the Festival last year with Summer 85, he confides to 20 minutes. It’s a great revenge to be selected again with Everything went well, a work which is above all an ode to life. This solar story, sometimes very funny, is a marvel that avoids all pathos. Shot after the first confinement, it vibrates with a communicative energy. “The hero says he does not want mourners around him and I tried to apply this maxim to the public,” insists François Ozon.
The right to live or die
Inspired by an autobiographical book byEmmanuelle Bernheim who was notably the collaborator of François Ozon for the scenarios of Swimming Pool, Ricky and 5X2, this beautiful story is full of tenderness. “This is the story of a man who loves life so much that he prefers to die rather than live in decline,” says François Ozon.
The director wishes to question the right to die as one wishes, but he denies wanting to make a societal film. “This is before the story of a relationship between a father and his daughters, a selfish man who cannot be denied anything. »André Dussollier, imperial and charming, embodies it in a masterly way.
No sex!
This highly anticipated film will not be released until September 22, but the echoes are already very positive on the Croisette. “It’s the first time I’ve come to Cannes with a film without an erotic scene,” comments François Ozon, who cut his teeth at Critics’ Week with the short film. A summer dress. “Cannes has always been a magical place for me. I owe a lot to the festival, ”he says.
As for receiving a prize, François Ozon does not even dare to think about it. “As I sign one film per year, the juries always tell themselves that they will give it to me the following year,” he jokes. We wish him to be able to say Everything went well at the end of the official screening on Wednesday evening.