Thursday of the Ascension in Moissy-Cramayel in the south-east of Paris.
The small town is almost deserted.
Intrigued by the guitar riffs emanating from the La Rotonde cinema, the few passers-by stop.
We recognize
Marche à l'ombre
but not Renaud's voice.
“Break away, you stink, and walk in the shade”,
launches, thunderous, Gérard Lanvin
.
Renaud's hit was released four years before the triumph of the film of the same name by Michel Blanc.
With more than six million admissions, this comedy was one of the greatest successes of 1984. Forty years later, for Gérard Lanvin, it's more than the blink of an eye.
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On stage, under his cap, sunglasses, aviation mechanic's suit and military outing shoes, he is right in the middle of rehearsal, surrounded by a dozen musicians.
Throughout his career, Gérard Lanvin has scoured film sets, played in the theater.
But he had never given a concert.
We discover it surprisingly at ease.
He who adores Jerry Lee…
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