Pierre Richard and Jean-Paul Rouve, the stars of the second day

The audience at the “blue carpet” meeting.

If Cannes has its famous steps and red carpet, Angoulême has the blue carpet (the color of the Valois royal house). And this Wednesday evening during the 17th francophone film festival (FFA), many beautiful people have stepped on it. This took place in front of the Méga-CGR, where two preview and out-of-competition films were screened: “cracked”by Christophe Duthuron and “Valley of Fools” by Xavier Beauvois.

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Pierre Richard, 90 years old, a birthday and two films in Angoulême!

The posters for “Fêlés” and “La Vallée des fous” have the same actor. And what an actor! Peter Richard! The one who was revealed by his interpretations of burlesque, dreamy and goofy characters blows out 90 candles. He was born on August 16, 1934 in Valenciennes (North)…

Jean-Paul Rouve, intense and emotional in “Valley of Fools”

The actor plays a drifting restaurateur who is saved from shipwreck by a long, immobile journey. The land? “Passionate of sailing, Jean-Paul is going through a difficult time. He accumulates debts and moves away from his family. Determined to take control of his life, he signed up for the Virtual Regattan, the virtual Vendée Globe race. He puts himself in the conditions of a real captain and isolates himself for three months on a boat at the bottom of the garden…”

“Valley of Fools” is a drama directed by Xavier Beauvois.

Valérie Donzelli has the honor of a focus

His films defy weightlessness, in a constant oscillation between lightness and gravity. In 2011, Valérie Donzelli won a Valois d'or in Angoulême (the trophy was not yet diamond) with “War Is Declared”. Today, actress and director Valérie Donzelli has the honor of a “Concentration” in Angoulême.

On Wednesday, the FFA projected “Notre Dame” outdoors at Bourgines at nightfall. This charming comedy recounts the travails of an architect who is tasked – somewhat coincidentally – with the responsibility of redeveloping the square in front of the Paris Cathedral.

Fun fact: some spectators were invited to pedal and generate electricity to make the session a success!

Laurent Lafitte, three films or nothing!

Laurent Lafitte, prominent figure of the 17th FFA. The one who has he left the Comédie-Française this spring he wanted to “change horizons”. Her news is abundant. In Angoulême, he is playing in three films: “Les Barbares”, by Julie Delpy, presented at the opening on Monday; “The Fourth Wall,” by David Oelhoffen, screened Wednesday; and “Sarah Bernhardt, the Divine,” a biopic by Guillaume Nicloux, which festivalgoers will discover on Sunday after the winners are announced.

Darmon and Bourdon had never toured together

Didier Bourdon and Gérard Darmon had never toured together. Hervé Mimram (to whom we owe “A Man in a Hurry” with Fabrice Luchini) reunited them on screen, around Chantal Lauby, in a tempting and popular comedy, “A l'Ancienne”. The story? On a Breton island, two rascally old men set up a lottery scam. The comedy was screened on Wednesday, the 28th, at 2 p.m., at CGR. National release September 4th.

In the privacy of the Bardines garden

Here, behind the austere facade of the private mansion on the rue de Beaulieu, press interviews and photo shoots take place…