In addition to the documentary Behind the walls of Abbey Road Studios and poignant film Baby, Disney+ uploaded comedy so close on January 6th. Three years after the success of our happy days, the Olivier Nakache and Eric Toledano duo have reunited for this film starring Alain, a former unemployed Club Med animator, who goes for the umpteenth time to Jean-Pierre, his wife’s brother. This one can’t stand this clingy and invasive in-laws anymore. It must be said that Catherine, Jean-Pierre’s wife, allows herself each time to make derogatory comments about her children. So when the latter slaps her son during dinner, Alain does not hesitate to hit her with a frying pan. The traditional family meal therefore quickly turns tragic. In the cast of this film, we find the actors Isabelle Carré, Omar Sy or Vincent Elbaz. And for the latter, the filming was not easy.
“Vincent paid personally for the slap sequence“, confided Eric Toledano
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In one of the scenes of the film, the character of Vincent Elbaz falls from his chair in the middle of lunch and receives slaps from his wife, played by Isabelle Carré. If this moment marked the spectators, the actor actually finished filming this sequence with a few bruises. “Vincent paid in person for the slap sequence, repeated six times in a row“, confided Eric Toledano during an interview with TV 7 Days. “We refuse all digital tricks and the slaps are real. Isabelle having a good grip, the unfortunate ended his day with a cheek in poor condition and a bag of ice cubes.”
In therapy, Samba… These other Eric Toledano and Olivier Nakache films to watch again on Disney+
In addition to so close, other feature films by the duo Eric Toledano and Olivier Nakache are available on Disney+. Spectators subscribed to the platform can now watch I prefer that we remain friends, their first feature film for the duo, starring Gérard Depardieu and the late Annie Girardot. Other movies such as Samba and our happy days are also to be reviewed on the streaming service, as are the first two seasons of the series In therapy. As a reminder, the fiction has not been renewed for a third season. “This decision was made in agreement with the creators. Olivier Nakache and Eric Toledano wanted to go back to the cinema. Additionally, the Israeli original, BeTipul, did not get a third season. We could have started on another global version of the series, but that was not our wish.“, had indicated Olivier Wotling, director of the fiction of Arte, with the magazine French movie. Very sad news for viewers.
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