27 years later, Pierre Richard returns to directing

The actor-director of Le Distrait is filming The Man Who Saw the Bear Who Saw the Man, with Timi-Joy Marbot, Gustave Kervern… and himself.

Good news for all fans of Peter Richard : the flagship actor of Tall Blonde and of The Goat is currently preparing his ninth film as director. In which he will portray himself, states from the outset The French Filmwhich reveals the information.

At 90 years old, Pierre Richard has been filming since September 23 in Gruissan, in Occitanie, The man who saw the bear who saw the manalongside Timi-Joy Marbot (visible alongside him in the photo shared by the magazine, and seen recently in Under the Seine) and Gustave Kervern (Clear history). Produced by Moby Dick Films, this comedy will be distributed in cinemas by ARP Sélection.

The story, co-written with Anne-Sophie Rivière, follows Grégoire and Michel. “Although several decades separate them, these two are linked by an extraordinary friendship, as whimsical as it is unwavering, details the synopsis. One day, a nearby circus declares that its bear has escaped…”

Expected at the end of next year at the cinema, The man who saw the bear who saw the man will be filming until November 6. Its budget amounts to 3.2 million euros.

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Within the team, Pierre Richard will be able to count on Elodie Gay (Doctor?) as first assistant, Pierre Aïm (Hate) in the photo, Laurent Lafran (And the party continues) in sound engineer, Jeanne Kef (Cracked) in editing, Elfie Carlier (Yannick) to the costumes, Mathieu Menut (The Old Furnaces) for the sets, Gaspard Rivoire (The Silver Venust) to management and François Pascaud to production management (The Survivors). This is Agathe Hassenforder (The Night of the 12th) who supervised the casting.

Finally, note that it has been 27 years since Pierre Richard last appeared behind the camera. In 1970 he made The Distractedthen followed Alfred's Misfortunes (1972), I know nothing, but I will tell everything (1973), I'm shy, but I look after myself (1978), It's not me, it's him (1980), Tell me about Che (documentary released in 1987), We can always dream (1991) and Straight into the wall (1997). The latter was a flop, but its first seven productions attracted between 600,000 and 2.5 million spectators to the cinema upon their release.

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