Look at the world's fireworks through his soul - do you know this French melancholy handsome guy?

Recently, a new film from him, L'innocent, was released in France to great acclaim:

"We want more films like that, Mr. Garrel. Tender sweet madness, finesse on all floors. Delicately zany. Funnily touching. Wonderful quartet. Love of cinema that bursts in the face. »

People want to see more movies like Mr. Garrell. Gentle and crazy, meticulous portrayal on various levels, subtle eccentricity, how touching. Just like that wonderful quartet, my love for movies is on my face right now!

"What a great achievement the innocent of and with Louis Garrel. A detective comedy as we see too little, well written and built, and boosted by a flawless cast. Noémie Merlant is a COMIC BOMB. She's crazy about it. Ovation at the opening of Light2022! »

L'innocent, written by and in collaboration with Louis Garrel, was such a success. It's a well-written and designed cop comedy you can see with a luxurious cast. Noemi Melante is a comedy bomb. She's crazy inside. At the opening ceremony of Lumière 2022, people will have a standing ovation!

L'innocent, the fourth film directed by Louis Garrel, was released from October 12. This lively comedy stars Roschdy Zem, Noémie Merlant and Anouk Grinberg.

His talent seems to be innate, and his origins and experiences seem to have shaped such a unique self for him.

Louis Garrell was born in an acting family, his father is talented director Philip Garrell, and his mother Brigitte West is also a famous actress. Louis spent a lot of time with prisoners as a teenager and also got along well with his stepfather. Perhaps it was the pollution of his childhood experience, or God's preference for him, and he had an innate melancholy temperament.

He was "handsome and eccentric, romantic and dangerous"

Louis is known as the "Greek male god", with a typical French appearance, soft and masculine, three-dimensional facial features, confused eyes exuding a lazy and deep atmosphere, with his unique melancholy temperament, he has won the love of fans.

He is reticent, but the taboo subject that the average actor challenges all his life may not be as much as he touches on in a single film. During the filming of The Dreamers in Paris in 2003, he broke the awkward situation by running around the set naked and screaming in order to make other actors no longer shy. Such a spirit, why not his qualities as a good actor?

God gave him a skin bag that allowed him to be seen; And he used his deep eyes to make people taste his excellent memories endlessly. In the films he starred in, we often see elements of "forbidden love". For example, the bathtub scene in "Dream of Paris" shows the beautiful love of youth to the audience nakedly. There is also the classic scene, where three energetic people run hand in hand in the Louvre. Youthful, flamboyant, warm and beautiful!

"Only the French will build a cinema in the palace." - "Dreaming of Paris"

As mentioned earlier, he got along well with prisoners as a teenager, and perhaps he also witnessed and tasted the free and chaotic youth. In "Ordinary Lover", he vividly shows the decadent but beautiful youth of the May storm in Paris.

"Letting the character love is the only way to perceive the character's life"

In 2015, his directorial debut "Two Friends" premiered at the Lincoln Center Film Institute's French Film Festival, and the classic "threesome" character structure in the film pays tribute to the classic.

For the "threesome" design, he believes:

A threesome movie is like you're singing a very popular song, except that it's a chorus about movies. The French think it's a very French film format, but I think it's a universal theme in the world, and "Ancestors and Occupations" is recognized as the ancestor of threesome movies, but there is no shortage of threesome stories in medieval wild history.

Let's go back to L'innocent.

De quoi ça parle? What story does it tell?

Abel panicked when he learned that his mother, who was in her 60s, was about to marry a man in prison. With the help of his best friend Clemmons, he does everything he can to protect her. But a meeting with his new stepfather, Michelle, gave Abel a new perspective.

In real life, Louis Garrel's mother, Brigitte Sy, ran a drama studio in prison and married a prisoner. She wrote about this experience in her first feature film, Les mains libres. And Louis Garrell tries to tell the story of this marriage from the perspective of a son in L'innocent.

He said:

"On the other hand, when my mother got married in prison, I was 18 years old, I wasn't there. Through this film, I became embedded in his marriage! »

But on the contrary, I was eighteen when my mother got married in prison, and I was not there. So through this film, I also became a part of her marriage.

Thus, the main contradiction in this play is no longer the contradiction between youth and reality, but is transformed into the relationship between mother and son. The mother-child relationship is too delicate, and it is easy to resonate with the audience and hurt them, so it is actually a difficult thing to deal with.

"The relationship of a mother to her son is a difficult thing to deal with in cinema. It is easy to switch into the visceral. The lighter you are, the better off the film and the viewer. »

The mother-child relationship is difficult to deal with in movies, and it is easy to poke the audience's heart, so the more relaxed our mood, the easier it will be for the film and the audience to accept.

In order to make everyone empathetic, the film uses a lot of popular music in the interpretation of the mother's role. Louis explains:

"François Truffaut said that people like variety songs because the phrases relate to everyone. The lyricists of variety songs, in two sentences, we have the impression that they tell our story.

François Truffaut once said that people love pop songs because his lyrics are relevant to people. The lyricists of popular songs tell our story between the lines.

In addition, a detail shows how realistic L'innocent really is? In order to better make the plot of the robbery more realistic and vivid, Louis Garrell enlisted a former thug, Jean-Claude Pautot, who played Rochedy Zeem's accomplice in the film and also instructed Noemi Melante and Garrell to rehearse family scenes in preparation for the robbery.

In a sense, the addition of this magical technical consultant makes the action processing in the film more detailed.

All in all, excellent works come from life, and real stories can resonate with a wide audience. L'innocent created a miracle at the French box office and received unanimous praise from audiences.

Louis Garrell showed his love to his mother in the best possible way, and likewise he showed the world his noble and interesting soul.