The film “Second Tour” by Albert Dupontel is released in cinemas this Wednesday October 25, 2023. We met the actors Cécile de France and Nicolas Marié to discuss the subject of the feature film. Interview.
After the success ofGoodbye up there And Goodbye idiots, Albert Dupontel is back this Wednesday, October 25 behind (and in front of) the camera for his eighth feature film, Second round. In this black comedy, spectators follow the journalistic investigation of Miss Pove (Cécile of France) and Gus (Nicolas Marié), determined to discover the secret hidden by the favorite candidate in the presidential election, played by Dupontel himself.
In an interview with L’internaute, Cécile de France said she was “lucky” for the character that we were able to offer her, that of a determined journalist who is “a real comic book heroine who shows a lot of blood- cold, of courage, who is driven by her anger, her indignation, who has a great sense of her profession and who has decided to free herself from the questions imposed by her channel.
“Second Tour – Interview with Cécile de France and Nicolas Marié”
“There is a huge wall approaching”
Because during this crazy fable full of twists and turns, the director takes the opportunity to warn about the excesses of our society, in particular the political and media circles blind to the environmental emergency. The director “shares our common dismay” in the face of the world situation by seriously criticizing the media world, in the words of Cécile de France.
The actor Nicolas Marié, who plays the cameraman Gus here, believes for his part that Second round “is not militant” and “does not preach” but he “warns” and “speaks about a serious subject that concerns us all”. “There is a huge wall approaching and no one is moving. You have to do something. Everything is frozen, nothing is moving. If you don’t move, the wall is approaching and approaching, and time is getting shorter and shorter “.
“Albert Dupontel says things without filter” for Nicolas Marié
Albert Dupontel was already working to highlight the absurdity of certain aspects of our society in his previous films. Nicolas Marié played alongside him in several of his films, and won the César for best supporting actor in 2023 for Goodbye idiots. The actor, however, believes that the director “reveals itself more” in Second Round. “He says things without filter, always with the pretext of the fable which gives a side that is both poetic and mysterious. Perhaps there is more maturity in this film than there is in the others .”
Without telling you more, if Albert Dupontel sharply criticizes the media and political system of our French society, the film brings hope, especially at the end of the film. “We recognize ourselves in this film in our collective dysfunction. But we also recognize ourselves, I find, in our capacity to be human: this need to access our full potential, to reflect on the reason for being of humanity, to improve, to grow”, comments Cécile de France. “Whatever happens, you have to be optimistic,” concludes Nicolas Marié.