It’s a biopic that’s already getting a lot of attention, a year before its theatrical release, and for many reasons: the first, Grand Corps Malade is the director. The most popular slammer in France is trying his hand at directing a film for the third time in his career, and has not chosen an anecdotal subject. The singer who notably collaborated with Camille Lellouche has decided to pay tribute to the great Charles Aznavour, who died on October 1, 2018. Six years after his death, on October 23, 2024, the biopic film will be released in France Mr Aznavourin which Tahar Rahim will perform the role of the bohemian singer.
A tailor-made role, as Grand Corps Malade entrusted to Mouloud Achour on Canal+. Guest of Clickthe neo-director paid tribute to the talent of Tahar Rahim, who, already recipient of a César for best actor in 2010 for the film The Prophet, could well be among the favorites for the 2025 ceremony : “He drank Aznavour for hundreds of hours, I think. He leaves nothing to chance. And afterward, the work is not enough, Tahar Rahim, he’s a genius” praised Grand Corps Malade. The filming is now finished, the slammer is having a hard time separating Tahar Rahim from Charles Aznavour, as the actor’s performance has amazed him: “As soon as he got into it, that is to say, that’s it, the filming is over, I continue to be around Tahar Rahim, but it feels strange. For me, it was so Charles . He is no longer Charles Aznavour, but he played him so well. He spoke like him, even outside of filming, he moved like him, he dreamed Aznavour, he lived Aznavour, like no one else.“
A masterful casting
Grand Corps Malade reveals that to succeed in getting into the skin of this emblematic character of French song internationally, Tahar Rahim did not skimp on the means, and took singing, dancing and body language lessons. “He worked like crazy, and I think the result is there, he put in an exceptional performance” assured the 46-year-old director, who had already directed La Vie Scolaire in 2019, and two years earlier Patients. In this biopic, Tahar Rahim will star opposite Bastien Bouillon, freshly awarded the César for Most Promising Male For the movie The Night of the 12thand who will play Pierre Roche, a lyricist who formed a duo with Charles Aznavour from 1942 to 1948. The character of Édith Piaf will be played by the actress Marie-Julie Baup, awarded two Molière awards a few months ago for the piece Forget me by Matthew Seager.