Michel Hazanavicius continues to break codes and parody genres with this zombie comedy, a remake of a successful Japanese film released in 2019. Panic and the smell of hemoglobin guaranteed with this trailer.
After James Bond and silent cinema
When the director ofOSS 117 (the first two) tackles the parody of a zombie invasion, one can only be intrigued. Michel Hazanavicius, to whom we owe OSS 117, Cairo nest of spies, OSS 117: Rio no longer respondsor The Artist, with his favorite actor Jean Dujardin, continues his parody circuit.
Indeed, after James Bond and the spy film, as well as the silent cinema of the late 1920s, Hazanavicius is working this time on the proofreading of the Z series, and the zombie film. Z (Like Z) recount zombie movie shoot that gets interrupted by a real zombie attack. A real dive into the nanar full of second degree, carried by Romain Duris (Eiffel, The Spanish Inn, The Russian Dolls, The Arnacoeur) and Berenice Bejomuse and wife of the director, who starred in many of his films.
“It will be a zombie movie, very funny”
This zombie comedy is a remake of Don’t cut!, a real Japanese nugget that passed through our theaters in 2019. This French-speaking side will therefore see Romain Duris as a broke director, surrounded by actors (Bérénice Bejo plays a make-up artist specializing in krav-maga), little invested in the project, being invaded by an authentic invasion of zombies.
The teaser below sets the tone, between slasher comedy, hemoglobin splashes, and an overwhelmed film crew, all wrapped up in an ultra-vivid color palette.
“It will be a zombie movie, very funny “, had declared Romain Duris at the microphone of our colleagues from Allociné last year. The two actors notably give the reply to Jean-Pascal Zadi, actor and comedian of simply black.
If the teaser remains somewhat sparing in images, the project, which can be described as genre cinema, is daring, and brings a breath of fresh air to French cinema. To find out more, you will have to wait patiently for June 15, when the film will be released in French cinemas.
