Jérôme Commandeur and his comedy Irréductible leave with the king trophy of the Alpe d'Huez Festival

Even if President Michèle Laroque and her juror Malik Bentalha had to deliberate remotely and by videoconference, covid diagnosis obliges, the heart was there.

The 25th Alpe d'Huez comedy festival reserved a triumph for Jérôme Commandeur

's second film by awarding it the King of the Grand Prix trophy.

Remake of a hit Italian comedy that has never been released in France

sees Jérôme Commandeur camp a civil servant from Limoges des Eaux et Forêts who clings to his post that the administration wants to abolish. An overzealous inspector (Pascale Arbillot) decides to transfer him to the worst places in France and the world to push him to give up. In particular, she sends him to Greenland to protect the researchers of a scientific base against bear attacks. Begins a farce not always fine but often absurd. The film, where Gérard Darmon plays a long-toothed minister, assigns secondary roles to Christian Clavier and Valérie Lemercier. It should be out at the end of June.

Asked during the closing ceremony about his relations with the civil servants after this film, Jérôme Commandeur judged them

Added the comedian who wanted to address current issues in his film - MeToo, migrants, downgrading, ecology-

.

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Michèle Laroque's jury, which also included in its ranks and face-to-face the actresses Joséphine Japy, Mathilde Seigner and the director Ruben Alves, concocted a varied list of awards, distributing the statuettes rather than concentrating them on one work.

We smile for the photo

of François Uzan, won the special jury prize.

In this holiday story that turns sour, Jacques Gamblin and Pascale Arbillot (again her) camp a couple on the verge of divorce who retrace their best family trip to Greece.

By trying to rekindle the flame of his marriage, the patriarch will set fire to his family...

The unlikely siblings in the spotlight

Twins but not too many

of Olivier Ducray and Wilfried Méance left with the audience award. Ahmed Sylla, Bertrand Usclat camp twins who suddenly discover the existence of each other. “For Grégoire and Anthony, the surprise is all the greater as one is white, the other black! Their skin color is far from the only thing that differentiates them! By getting to know each other, neither of them has the impression of having hit the jackpot, ”promises the synopsis of this comedy where Gérard Jugnot and Isabelle Gélinas also appear.

The Best Actor Award was given jointly to four actors, those of the Canadian film

.

François Arnaud, Antoine Bertrand, Louis Morissette and Patrice Robitaille embody brothers that everything opposes.

With their wives and numerous children, they meet to scatter the ashes of their late father.

When Nicolas, the youngest brother, loses the urn containing their father's ashes, the conflicts begin.

The Best Actress award was won by Audrey Lamy for

, where she plays a cantinière in a home for migrants.

Finally, the short film prize went to

of Charlotte Gabris.