Jean Dujardin is on the bill for “November” by Cédric Jimenez, the director of “Bac Nord” with Gilles Lellouche. The filmmaker had already made “La French” with the two actors. The opportunity for a quiz: “which actor played in which film?”.
One played in Bac Nord by Cédric Jimenez, the other is on the bill for November, the director’s latest feature film.
2 years after Bac Nord carried by Gilles Lellouche, Jean Dujardin is in the cast of the drama November, a dive into the heart of Anti-Terrorism during the 5 days of investigation which followed the attacks of November 13.
Friends in the city for more than 15 years, the paths of Jean Dujardin and Gilles Lellouche have often crossed in front of the camera. The two actors even co-wrote and play together in the sketch comedy Les Infidèles, released in 2012.
Here is a quiz on the career of actors. You are given the pitch of a film, it’s up to you to find out who was in it. Jean Dujardin, Gilles Lellouche or both?
After November, Jean Dujardin will be in the cast of Nicolas Bedos’ first series, Alphonse. The two men have already worked together on OSS 117: Red Alert in Black Africa.
Produced and broadcast by Prime Vidéo, this 6-episode comedy is based on an original idea by Jean Dujardin and Nicolas Bedos. The Oscar-winning actor will play the main role, a man responsible for meeting the desires of women. Charlotte Gainsbourg, Nicole Garcia and Pierre Arditi are also in the cast of this series expected in 2023.
The actor could later resume the cult role of Brice de Nice. The latter recently told the JDD : “I imagine shooting another Brice de Nice: I’ve been learning to surf for two years and it’s going to take me almost another decade to manage to ride the waves! (…) I come from Brice de Nice and I continue to Brice de Nice”.
A busy schedule for Gilles Lellouche
On his side, Gilles LellouchHe is currently in the cast of Jérôme Salle’s thriller, Kompromat. He plays Mathieu Roussel, a French expatriate arrested in Russia in 2017. The latter is the victim of a “kompromat”, compromising false documents used by the Russian secret services to harm an enemy of the state. Threatened with a life sentence, he has only one option left: to escape, and reach France by his own means…
Gaumont Gilles Lellouche in “Smoking makes you cough”
From November 30, the actor will star in Quentin Dupieux’s crazy new comedy Smoking makes you cough alongside Adèle Exarchopoulos, Anaïs Demoustier, Alain Chabat and Jean-Pascal Zadi. After a fierce fight against a demonic turtle, five vigilantes called the “TABAC FORCE”, are ordered to retire to strengthen the cohesion of their group which is deteriorating. The stay goes wonderfully until Lézardin, Emperor of Evil, decides to annihilate planet Earth…
The first images of Asterix and Obelix by Guillaume Canet: discover Cassel, Cotillard, Cohen… and Zlatan in action!
Finally, Gilles Lellouche embodies Obélix in Asterix and Obelix: The Middle Empire of his other accomplice, Guillaume Canet. The feature film takes place in 50 BC The Empress of China is imprisoned following a coup fomented by Deng Tsin Quin. Helped by Graindemaïs and her faithful warrior Tat Han, Princess Fu-Yi fled to Gaul to ask for help from the two brave warriors Asterix and Obelix. Our two inseparable Gauls of course agree to help the Princess to save her mother and liberate her country. And here they are all on their way for a great adventure to China. But Caesar and his powerful army, always thirsty for conquest, have also taken the direction of the Middle Empire… The feature film will be released in our theaters on February 1, 2023.
On the staging side, Gilles Lellouche has planned to adapt Neville Thompson’s novel, L’Amour Ouf. Described as “an ultra-violent musical and romantic comedy”, the story is set in a squalid part of Dublin and follows the love tribulations of Jackie and Johnser.
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Cinema quiz: Jean Dujardin, Gilles Lellouche or both? Who starred in this movie?