“It’s pure fiction: in life, we get along very well”: This cry from the heart is the one that Jean-Paul Rouve and Grégoire Ludig utter together for 20 minutes after the screening of Cadors by Julien Guetta at the Angoulême Francophone Film Festival. One could doubt it by seeing their characters: One (Grégoire Ludig, stiff as an overly starched shirt) and the other (Jean-Paul Rouve, soft as wallpaper glue) embody enemy brothers in this kneaded comedy of tenderness.
“This type of antagonistic duo is classic, specifies Jean-Paul Rouve. I believe that the originality of the film comes from the vulnerability of the characters. Those who are ironically nicknamed the “top names” are off the mark each in their own way. Between Cherbourg and Rouen, the spectator follows the brothers in small scams and other gently catastrophic situations.
A duo of good company
“Jean-Paul and I have the same taste for delirious dialogues and verbal ping-pong games”, emphasizes Grégoire Ludig. The complicity of the actors gives a great freshness to the whole while Marie Gillain, always just, brings a feminine note to the whole. Which isn’t always easy when one of the brothers urinates on their father’s grave or involves the other in petty shenanigans. “I hope that the spectators will open their hearts to the Cadors, wishes Jean-Paul Rouve, and that they will end up considering them as friends. It should be granted as this duo is such good company.