Ramzy Bedia is certainly one of the references to quote when talking about humor in France. Ella’s dad has continued to enjoy success with his lifelong sidekick Éric Judor, whether with the series Hon the movie The Infernal Montparnasse Tower or thanks to their dubbing for the animated series Ratz. In 2008, they threw themselves into the deep end as directors for the film Only Two, when they had so far only performed as actors and comedians.
A first experience brilliantly successful for the duo, since this feature film worked rather well. Eight years later, Ramzy Bedia did it again, this time directing alone. His film, titled Owl, tells the story of a discreet, almost transparent man who dons an owl costume to find his place in society. “This story is really me!“said the actor for BFM-TV , him who was inspired by his childhood to write this screenplay.
“Your movie won’t work”
Unfortunately for Marion’s companion, only 8,882 people will have come to see the film. “Nobody saw him. It went unnoticed, even among my friends, in my family. It’s awful” he noted, before realizing that it was about a film “too personal and too sincere“. He had however been warned by a great French director, who had felt the flop in advance.
“It was Luc Besson who told me on the day of the release, ‘Your film won’t work’. It hurt me. He said to me, ‘You’re releasing your first film and your face isn’t on the poster. It doesn’t even have your name. And he was absolutely right“recognized Ramzy Bedia, adding that he does not”don’t regret“however”for making this movie“.”Because I love it, but I regret this poster. I let myself be fooled by the Gaumont marketing team who wanted to do that. I didn’t handle this. If there had been my head, we would have made a few more numbers“he regretted.
Anyway, this film is ancient history for the ex-companion ofAnne Depetriniwhich quickly rebounded after this film, making remarkable appearances in several works such as the film Taxi 5 or even more recently in the series The torch broadcast by Canal+.