For his first film, Bastien Milheau has created an offbeat and rather original universe. Super-Bourrés, a comedy set in a remote corner of France where the inhabitants all have a problem with alcohol, is due in cinemas on August 30.
And for this film, the director isn't counting on big stars, as the two lead actors, Pierre Gommé and Nina Poletto, are also making their first steps into leading roles. If you're looking for familiar faces, look no further than the supporting cast, with Vincent Moscato and, above all, the inexplicable presence of Jean Lassalle. The former presidential candidate plays the hero's grandfather.
Our verdict
In the commune where Janus and Sam live, there's nothing to do but drink. And the adults have only one passion: drinking from morning till night. It's not easy for Janus to feel at ease among all these drunks, having decided never to touch a single drop of alcohol, the evil that killed his father in a car accident.
Except that it's the last day of high school, and she and her friend Sam have to bring drinks to the end-of-year party. As they rummage through Janus' father's cellar for bottles, they discover a strange machine...
And so begins a funny adventure which, despite its brevity (the film lasts 1h19), never ceases to surprise with its humor. This is due above all to the duo of actors, Pierre Gommé and Nina Poletto, who play Janus and Sam. She's a rugby-playing roughneck, he's a fragile twig who could easily pass for Jean Rochefort's grandson, so striking is the resemblance. And both have wonderful dialogues to perform, with a phrasing typical of the French outback that's strangely poetic, even when it comes to being vulgar.
And the big surprise of the film is, of course, the presence of Jean Lassalle in the cast. As unexpected as it is absurd, this scene is a delight, as much for the presence of the former presidential candidate as for his role, that of an old peasant who praises drinking among friends, with stars in his eyes. For this scene alone, you have to go and see Super-Bourrés, which is far more qualitative than its title suggests.
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