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MONSIEUR AZNAVOUR

• Director: Mehdi Idir, Grand Corps Malade
• FRANCE / 2024 / DCP / Colour / 134’ / French; Turkish, English s.t.

• Screenplay: Mehdi Idir, Grand Corps Malade
• Director of Photography: Brecht Goyvaerts
• Editing: Ludovic Foucher, Laure Gardette
• Music: Varda Kakon
• Cast: Tahar Rahim, Bastien Bouillon, Marie-Julie Baup, Camile Moutawakil, Tiffany Hofstetter, Hovnatan Avedikian, Victor Meutelet, Ella Pelligrini, Luc Anton
• Producer: Éric Altmayer, Nicolas Altmayer, Arnaud Chautard, Jean-Rachid
• Production Co.: Kallouche Cinéma, Mandarin Films
• World Sales: Playtime
• Turkish Rights: Bir Film

Tahar Rahim plays Charles Aznavour –the iconic French singer, songwriter, and actor who sold more than 180 million records around the world. From his poor childhood to his rise to fame, from his triumphs to his failures, from Paris to New York, discover the exceptional journey of an artist. Intimate, intense, fragile and indestructible, devoted to his art until the very end, here is one of the most immortal singers of all time, and one of France’s most beloved cultural figures: Monsieur Aznavour, who passed in 2018. Tahar Rahim portrays Aznavour from his 20s to 50s, singing live on the film after months of piano and vocal training some of the 1,300 songs he wrote and sang, including ‘La Bohème’, ‘Emmenez-moi’ and ‘Je me voyais déjà’.

* In accordance with Article 7 of the Law No. 5224 amended on 18.01.2019, cinema films that have not been reviewed and classified can only be screened in festivals, special screenings and similar cultural and artistic events with an 18+ age restriction.

This film was a Meetings on the Bridge participant.