“There are a lot of people, it's very impressive.
We are very proud that
the Flame
opens this festival.
»On the stage of the Lumière auditorium, in the Palais des Festivals in Cannes, Jonathan Cohen does not hide his emotion, delighted to be able to show his series in public for the 3rd edition of Canneseries this Friday evening.
An event put forward by the city where a plane had made round trips over the Croisette a few hours earlier, towing a banner in the colors of "the Flame" with the face of Jonathan Cohen in large.
Nearly 1,000 people masked and placed every other seat in the great room have discovered the first three episodes of the comedy which will be broadcast on Canal + from Monday evening.
Jonathan Cohen, 40, is co-writer, co-director and lead actor in this comedy that parodies a “Bachelor” -type reality show.
He plays Marc, an airline pilot, facing 13 contenders played by a five-star cast: Géraldine Nakache, Leïla Bekhti, Ana Girardot, Adèle Exarchopoulos, Florence Foresti ...
From the first minutes of the screening, laughter erupts in the room.
Faced with the hero's stupidity or the setbacks of young women who go to great lengths to try to seduce him, the floodgates hit the mark.
Jonathan Cohen also described the series as a "big joke" in the introduction to festival-goers.
The applause provided at the end of the three shutters confirms the warm welcome received by this “Flame”.
Present in the room, Mahfoud, a 30-year-old entrepreneur was however not very excited by the initial idea: “Reality TV is not my cup of tea, but I loved it.
I think it's a very good setting in abyss and I can't wait to see the rest.
"Living in Le Cannet, just next to Cannes, the young man impatiently awaited this festival after the postponement of the date initially planned for spring.
Keen on series and films, subscriber to all platforms (Netflix, Amazon Prime Video, OCS, Canal + and Disney +) and enthusiastic about the screening of the day before, Mahfoud also attended, this Saturday morning, the meeting with the “La Flamme” team in the presence of Jonathan Cohen, screenwriter Florent Bernard, director and screenwriter Jérémie Galan, and producer Stéphane Drouet.
For about fifty minutes, the four men spoke behind the scenes of the series and their creation process, all punctuated by short extracts from the episodes.
This exchange was filmed and will be accessible on the Canneseries Live platform from this Sunday, October 11 at 6 p.m.
"This series is in the image of Jonathan Cohen"
In the audience, which numbered forty people, some curious had not yet seen the fiction and enjoyed this preview.
Like Fabienne, 62, and Thierry, 66, two Parisians who took advantage of their vacation in the South to take a trip to Canneseries.
"I walk thoroughly in this kind of absurd humor, in relaxation, ignites the retired man.
Jonathan Cohen is very nice, he is part of this new generation of comedians who renew the genre.
»For his partner,« after having finished
Engrenages
, which is excellent, it will change us to look at something lighter, we need it.
"
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Same good surprise for Marie-Laure, 31 years old.
“I love Jonathan Cohen, he's completely crazy, he makes me laugh too much!
He always manages to surprise us, he has a universe of his own.
A few seats away, Julie, 32, also emphasizes this singularity.
“He is an actor who knows how to put on a show, this series is in his image.
However, this communications officer was a little disconcerted when she saw the first three parts.
“Sometimes I feel like I don't understand French humor.
The first episode is very effective but afterwards it's a bit repetitive, it goes too far in the quirky, aberrant side.
On the other hand, in this period darkened by the Covid-19, it is the kind of series that is good.
“Because even if the multiple health precautions - compulsory masks, multiple dispensers of hydroalcoholic gel, temperature measurements and disinfectant portals at the entrance to the rooms - cannot make people forget that the virus is circulating, a good laughing session does not have to do with it. no price.