Michaël Youn is still as young in his head and he proves it with BDE presented out of competition at the Alpe d’Huez Festival. This frank delirium where he heads in front of merry men like Vincent Desagnat, Michèle Laroque, Lucien-Jean Baptiste, Hélène Noguerra, Rayane Bensetti and Ludovik brings together old university friends for a weekend that turns into chaos.
“What counts is not the number of years but what is in your head, explains Michaël Youn to 20 minutes. Me, it is sure and certain that I have not exceeded 35 years. His film, which premieres on Amazon Prime Video on February 24, knows no bounds when it comes to wreaking havoc around a brave guy who lies to his lifelong buddies for fear of looking like a bad guy. ‘a miss. A very nice chalet will be less easy to sell after their passage.
Humor that goes a long way
“I like Louis de Funès and American actors like Jim Carrey or Will Ferrell, specifies Michaël Youn, but especially the humor which goes very far. He demonstrates this in this uninterrupted series of catastrophes that fall on the heads of protagonists whom he spares no more than he spares himself.
“The Alpe d’Huez festival is the ideal place to show the film,” he says. The public reacts well and laughs very loudly which is very gratifying when you have spent two years on a project. Michaël Youn’s taste for chaos seems to have been widely shared by festival-goers, especially since the action of the film takes place in the mountains. We would almost dare to say that the laughter of the spectators snowballed in the room.