Virginie Efira and Romain Duris, crazy for love and celebration in "Waiting for Bojangles"

Married love at first sight after having danced a unique tango, Camille and Georges are not an ordinary couple.

Caught in a whirlwind of dance and music, they make their life a perpetual party, in which the title

by Nina Simone is their melody of happiness.

Witness to this love as magical as it is dizzying, their son Gary grows up in a world where there is only room for fun and fantasy.

An unpredictable wisp, Camille leads those close to her in her crazy dreams, until the day she goes too far.

Father and son will then do everything to counter the inevitable, and ensure that the party continues.

The atmosphere of the Palace transposed to the 50s and 60s

Freely adapted from the eponymous novel by Olivier Bourdeaut, published in 2016,

(1) is brought to the screen by Régis Roinsard (

). Fascinated by the 1980s, the director transposed the festive atmosphere of the Palace, the most famous nightclub of this decade, to the 1950s and 1960s. “It is this incredible mix of people that Camille and Georges like to invite to their home. », Comments the director in the presentation file of the film.

These festive tableaux, choreographed down to the smallest detail, give viewers the impression of participating "in the intoxication of the event", while witnessing the evil that gradually invades Camille.

While his wife sinks into madness, Georges tries to make her believe "in something positive."

He pushes her towards love, towards life, ”analyzes Romain Duris.

"He forgets himself to offer Camille a happiness that he knows to be artificial," adds the actor.

In video, the interview with Virginie Efira for the film "Waiting for Bojangles"

A romantic and exhilarating film

For this film in which dance and music are omnipresent, Romain Duris and Virginie Efira were coached by choreographers and dancers Marion Motin and Mehdi Kerkouche. “Besides the pleasure of playing with Romain Duris, whom I admire enormously, I also liked the energy of this character who lives in a hurry, as if she had an increased awareness of death. And then, there was this fantasy of an actress, dare I say a little girl, linked to the sixties context, to the costumes and to the dance, ”says Virginie Efira in an interview with

. Romantic, exhilarating, twirling,

leads the viewer into a crazy dance of life. A life between bursts of laughter and tears.

(1) In theaters January 5, 2022.

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