Was a mustache too much in this famous tandem? Eight years later Bronzes skiPatrice Leconte found, in 1987, Gérard Jugnot, emblematic actor of the Splendid troupe, for the film Tandem With in particular Jean Rochefort. Cult interpreter of Bernard Morin, this time he slips into the shoes of Bernard Rivetot, a man who takes care of the stewardship of Michel Mortez, the star of Language to cata radio game. On board their Ford station wagon, this duo crosses the cities of France, sleeps in shabby hotels, while Rivetot carries the suitcases, installs the microphones, the cables, selects the candidates, heats the crowd. But when he learns that Language to cat will be deleted, he says a word to Mortez …
Named six times to the César, especially for the price for the best film and twice in the best actor category for Gérard Jugnot and Jean Rochefort, Tandemwhich is broadcast on Friday May 2 on France 5, is very successful with the public. However, he was somewhat surprised by discovering, like rarely, Gérard Jugnot … without the mustache! If one might think that Patrice Leconte wanted to avoid two mustaches in his film, in reality, the actor decided to shave closely and wear the wig to better embody “Sweetness and kindness” of his character, he had explained during the shooting with the teams of 12/13 Large screen. “The mustache barks the mouth a little hard, violent… and the hair was a desire”he said.
Gérard Jugnot affected by his character in Tandem
Inspired by Game of thousand francs, Cat language is everyone from Bernard Rivetot, a character that Gérard Jugnot quickly found endearing, “Because it is a valet in a modern world which is deeply attached to his master, and that his master is a derisory star”. “More than a story of relationship of force and servitude and master, it is a story of love. There is the same capacity for love and admiration that there is in Sganarelle against Dom Juan or Sancho Pancha against Don Quixote, except that the film is totally integrated into a contemporary world, with all that is true and derisory in the time that we live”he said during the shooting in 1987. Tandem is therefore to (re) discover from 9:05 p.m. on France 5.
