The “Fifi band” is back in service for Alibi.com 2, which received a triumphant welcome at the opening of the Alpe d’Huez Festival. Philippe Lacheau heads there again facing his usual accomplices: Julien Arruti, Tarek Boudali and Elodie Fontan who embodies the woman that the hero will marry in this second part. Problem: the future stuck in-laws (Nathalie Baye and Didier Bourdon) of the latter demand to meet his parents.
And this is where the new recruits come into play in the person of the hero’s X star mother (Arielle Dombasle, crazier than ever) and that of her crook dad (Gérard Jugnot who would shear a louse to sell his skin) . Impossible to telescope his divorced and invasive parents with those of his fiancée. It is therefore necessary to revive the agency “Alibi.com”, creator of all categories of lies, to try to save the situation. “Plunging my characters into chaos is always a pleasure for me, explains Philippe Lacheau to 20 minutes. The lie allows unlimited variations in this area. »
A communicative complicity
The group of friends did not skimp on the means to provoke laughter. “We have the right not to be receptive to my humor, but I believe that we can concede to me the fact that I give myself trouble”, insists the actor-director. From the first images, the schoolboy gags and assumed as such are at the center of an action staged with meticulous care. “My job is to make people believe that we are improvising when everything is obviously calculated and planned down to the comma. » The final sequence where the public no longer knows where to turn as the funny adventures follow one another is a brilliant demonstration of the director’s mastery.
“I am a fan of French comedies like that of Louis de Funès but also of more recent films like those of Michaël Youn, specifies Philippe Lacheau. I believe that my films correspond to this because they bring together several generations of comedians and performers with the same goal: to make people laugh. The complicity between the actresses and the actors united under his leadership makes one feel a great tenderness for this comedy full of spirit and devoid of the slightest malice.