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A Nairobi, Richard Dacier, dirigeant d'une petite société proposant des safaris, perd au poker contre la mafia locale, laquelle n'hésite pas à nourrir les crocodiles avec les mauvais payeurs. Pour honorer sa dette de jeu, le voilà contraint par un certain monsieur Charles de convoyer une mallette jusqu'à la frontière somalienne, à bord d'un car de touristes français, en guise de couverture. Seul hic, Richard Dacier a peur de la brousse. Il n'y a pas mis les pieds depuis plus de trente ans .

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• Cowboys from Hell Navrant, regrettable, affligeant et nul !i 1/5.
• No Identity Mon dieu c'est d'un mauvais... 1/5
• Vince s. l'un fait dans l'humour totalement absurde Ace l'autre dans l'humour tous court, aucun rapport entre les deux
• The CritiKator (TT) #Safari - 1/5 👎.Affligeant de nullité ! Pourtant il y avait de quoi faire une bonne (mes)aventure en Afrique, mais tout est lourdingue.
• Les Crustaces Hep, y a un problème !! 1.7/5 ? Même les "Ace Ventura" sont mieux notés ? C'est une blague ? Certes safari n'est pas LA comédie du siècle, mais ça reste un bon film qui se revoit facilement et bien meilleur que Ace Ventura ! (bon là je prends Ace Ventura comme exemple, mais ça marche avec d'autres)
• Kiwi98 Haha excellent !! ^^
• bibialien Ca ne mange pas de pain avec des hauts et des bas !Certes on a fait mieux dans le genre mais se laisse regarder sans en attendrequoique ce soit si ce n’est se divertir plus ou moins
• Gabriele B. Un nanar a 16 millions d'euros ! Le pire c'est qu'Olivier Baroux, qui a deja une filmographie pire que Max Pecas, continue a faire des films.
• Stephane M. Une bonne vieille daube !
• Alex Jaeger la tag line correspond bien au film...
• Rudy66 Bon film, certes pas le film plus marrant de l'histoire du cinéma mais très agréable à regarder et marrant malgré tout! 3.5/5
• orange L. Intéressant, de vois que les gens ont si peu de second degrés .... Je sais pas ce qu'il vous faut.. Que des films de la qualité d'un Titanic ?Ce film est une comédie totalement absurde certes ( et c'est ça qui faut le film ), mais qui ne vaut certainement pas son 2/5...
• Nathan L. j'ai gaché 5 euros pour cette daube
• salima D. il es assez bien , y a des scène marrent
• Jess Bomb a l'air nul car kad joue dedans et quand il joue dans un film, lui...
• Antoine L. C'est le syndrome Kad Merad, qui plombe les films.
• lnitialsBB C'est mal écrit, mal filmé, mal interprété. Mais, le plus important pour ce genre de film reste qu'il soit drôle et divertissant. Malheureusement ce n'est pas divertissant, encore moins drôle. 1/5, pour les animaux...
• lnitialsBB http://www.allocine.fr/film/fi...
• aokijuper un film bizarre ou il ne se passe rien , parfois c'est drôle , mais pas tout le temps . Je n'ai que 12 ans .2/5 .

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Safari (2009)

Genre: comedy, duration: 106 minuten, country: france, directed by: olivier baroux, stars: kad merad , lionel abelanski and valérie benguigui, imdb score: 4,5  (1.321), releasedate: 1 april 2009.

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Six French tourists decide to discover South Africa by going on a safari tour organized by Richard Dacier. What they don't know is that this man hasn't set foot in the bush for thirty years and is also afraid of animals.

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Kad Merad: “If someone asks me to be moved, I think about the situation or the emotion”

French-Algerian screen star Kad Merad (b. 1964), also a prolific comedian, screenwriter and director, and to international audiences best remembered for his role in the French comedy “Bienvenue chez les Ch’tis” (2008, a.k.a. “Welcome to the Sticks”)—to this day still the highest-grossing French film of all time in France—has a new film out.

In “Un triomphe” (a.k.a. “The Big Hit”), he gives a powerhouse performance as Étienne, an actor who is out of a job, but gets the opportunity to run a theater workshop in prison, where he brings together an unlikely troupe of prisoners to stage Samuel Beckett’s famous play “Waiting for Godot.”

Unlike all the other interviews posted on this website, this interview with Kad Merad is not mine; I didn’t conduct it, nor did I meet him or did I talk to him. In this interview from the press kit of “Un triomphe,” he talks about his character and his craft as an actor. Since his performance as Étienne is simply fabulous, I thought this interview couldn’t be overlooked or ignored.

What inspired you to do this project?

I had read the screenplay. There are good screenwriters in France, but a film this well-written, with an important role that I can see myself playing, well, there aren’t that many. The ending touched me deeply. I’m not sure it’s a real happy ending, but it’s a good one. When I met Emmanuel Courcol, there wasn’t a start date yet, and I was involved in a lot of other projects, so I was afraid he wouldn’t wait for me. But in the end, things fell into place. I also liked the fact that a true story inspired it. That brings another dimension to the film. It’s not only a great story, it’s something that really happened. I found it touching to see the photos of the real protagonists in the end credits. Moreover, I met Jan Jönson, the Swedish director that my character of Étienne is based on, when he visited the set. I liked the energy in this project and also the idea of the troupe. I wanted to be that little guy every actor can recognize himself in, not a failure but someone a little less prominent who has to work hard to make a living. The character of Étienne agrees to work in prison—he’s more or less forced to. Many actors are in that situation, living on temporary work.

Do you know actors like him? 

I don’t like to find out too much about the characters I play. Regarding the TV series “Baron noir” [2016-2020] that I did, people often ask me, ‘Which politician inspired you?’ No one in particular and all of them in general. It’s not a biopic, it’s an original creation. With Étienne, I invented a character who is going to teach drama class in prison and who is going to tell inmates how to put on a play. I came up with my own idea, based on all the actors I’ve met in my life, in theater classes and casting sessions. I, too, have done acting workshops in companies, like sketches at the post office dressed as a postman. I know what it’s like to change clothes in the restroom, or to do your job while telling yourself that it’s going to be a long time before you will make it. I know actors like that who struggle. I know what Étienne feels like when he puts on his old parka, which is a bit heavy, almost like armor, and makes these long journeys by train, bus, or metro. He’s a lonely man. Yet, all of a sudden, there he is with a gang of his own. And he is in charge.

We can sense his inner rage and great stubbornness.

He doesn’t give in, that’s for sure. In the past, he must have annoyed a lot of theater people, maybe because he overestimates himself a little, but because of his pugnacity and his personality, he achieves something. He’s a pretty lonely guy, a man wounded by life; he feels he has been betrayed by his friends and family. Basically—and this is the least glorious aspect of this character—he does all this for himself. There is no better outcome for him than ending up on the stage of the Théâtre de l’Odéon. Emmanuel Courcol kept telling me, ‘Let’s not forget that he’s the one who makes it happen.’ Everything he couldn’t do before, he does now because of his experience. He is very happy and motivated, and he fights for the inmates. He changes the rules; he takes the inmates out of their cells, and taking hardened convicts out of prison is something pretty incredible. But he has already fought these battles in the world of theater, and he often lost them. But now, he works with people who are not theater people, who are not used to this enthusiasm. The passion for theater needs to be passed on, and some people are more gifted than others to do that, who can explain it better than they can do it themselves. But Étienne is also a good actor.

On a practical level, how did you approach filming, particularly in prison?

Before filming started, we visited the Centre Pénitentaire de Meaux together. Just like my character, I had never set foot in jail before—although, deep down, Étienne is a prisoner of his personality. When we were there, we saw the long wire mesh corridors, we heard all the noises, we met prisoners, and all that put us in the right mood. We spent ten days filming there, and that inevitably bonded us together. We met outside every morning and had to follow a rather long protocol for entering; no mobile phones, we had to wear a badge, the gates opened and closed as we passed. That was agonizing and disturbing. When we got out, we started living again. All the rehearsals for “Waiting for Godot” were shot in a studio. The scenes we shot in prison were used to go from one shot to another, or movements inside the prison, etc. I didn’t know the young actors, the ‘Godots’ as I call them, but they were great. We told ourselves that the multi-purpose room was like a bubble inside the prison. It was really an ensemble effort, with no hierarchy; from time to time, I did get some of them back on track when, after an improvisation, things got a bit out of hand.

How does Étienne work with the prisoners?

He takes it very seriously. He treats the prisoners the same way he would treat real actors. Étienne is perhaps the only person who dares to confront Kamel [played by Sofian Khammes], the prison kingpin. Everyone fears Kamel, but he doesn’t. He has no problem with that; he’s there to do theater, no matter what. With Jordan [played by Pierre Lotin], a virtual father-son relationship falls into place; he could be Étienne’s son, a son who doesn’t want to be an actor, and whom his father keeps telling, ‘You’re a good actor, you just have to take the plunge.’ That said, it varies according to the characters. Everyone contributes in his own way to the creation of Beckett’s play.

Étienne tells his apprentice actors, ‘The truth is in your lives.’ Do you believe that?

It is the truth of their lives. For me, with my experience in comedy, that line is perhaps a little too much ‘actor’s studio.’ I am not inspired by my own life. If someone asks me to be moved, I think about the situation or the emotion, and I try to be as authentic as possible. When Étienne talks to them about being false, it’s an idea I can share, even if I’m not sure I can explain it better than he can. There is no such thing as being false; the important thing is to be true. But being true is very difficult; you start by getting it right. When I was in a theater class, I remember auditioning for Robert Hossein for one of his great shows of the time. I had managed to obtain an audition in his presence. Hossein looked at me and said, ‘That’s good, you’ve got it right.’ He didn’t hire me, but I told myself, ‘Right, that’s a good start. Now I need to be true.’

Do you think Emmanuel Courcol has put his memories of his time as an actor in Étienne? 

I don’t know. I found out pretty late that he had been an actor, and that he had done a lot of stage work. The good thing was that, as soon as we approached the techniques of acting, which could be used in Étienne’s classes, he was very precise and knew exactly how to do it. It was like making a film about classical music, directed by a musician. Emmanuel never acted in our presence, he simply came out with brief instructions that the actors could understand. For example, there’s the scene when Étienne talks about the importance of the diaphragm in breathing. I was never really taught that technique. When I teach the ‘Godots’ to breathe, it was Étienne who showed me how to do it.

Can you tell something about the final monologue? 

When I first read it, I even thought of the end of “The Great Escape” [1963]. When you see the escapees, you know that some of them will be captured. And while we see them breathing outside, Étienne improvises his monologue. As if he were drawing on their breath. We filmed this scene over a three-day period, from various angles. It was harder than I thought it would be. Emmanuel was very discreet; the theater really is his playground. In the beginning, I was a bit too much the actor, approaching the text in a very theatrical way. At the same time, it should be much more intimate. I talked a lot about it with Emmanuel. Étienne doesn’t address the audience; it’s more as if he were telling this story to someone who is standing right in front of him. And that makes the scene more moving, I think. Étienne improvises, but, little by little, he realizes that it’s great to be on stage at the Théâtre de l’Odéon. He sees that the lights are dimming and understands that people are listening to him, so he goes all the way by finishing his story with a few lines from Beckett. That’s it, he will have performed a bit of Beckett at the Odéon. Will he make a show of it? Not really. But I think he’ll restage “Waiting for Godot” to perform it again alongside his friend Stéphane.

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LE PHARMACIEN DE GARDE , a.k.a. THE PHARMACIST (2001) DIR – SCR Jean Veber PROD Nicolas Vannier CAM Laurent Fleutot ED Georges Klotz MUS Marci Prince CAST Vincent Perez, Guillaume Depardieu, Clara Bellar, Laurent Gamelon, Pascal Légitimus, Alain MacMoy, Alice Taglioni, Kad Merad (Pharmacist), Emmanuel Courcol

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MAIS QUI A TUÉ PAMELA ROSE? , a.k.a. BULLIT & RIPER (2003) DIR Éric Lartigau PROD Jean-Baptiste Dupont, Cyril Colbeau-Justin SCR Kad Merad [Kad], Olivier Baroux, Julien Rappeneau CAM Régis Blondeau ED Stéphane Mazalaigue MUS Erwann Kermorvant CAST Kad Merad (Richard Bullit), Olivier Baroux, Gérard Darmon, Jean-Paul Rouve, Bénédicte Loyen, Lionel Abelanski, François Cluzet, Marina Foïs

RIEN QUE DU BONHEUR , a.k.a. DON’T WORRY, BE HAPPY (2003) DIR – SCR Denis Parent PROD Leonardo De La Fuente CAM Wilfrid Sempé ED Vincent Tabaillon MUS Reinhardt Wagner CAST Alexandra Lamy, Michel Scotto Di Carlo, Barbara Schulz, Jean-Baptiste Iera, Geneviève Page, Kad Merad (Pierre 2)

LES CLEFS DE BAGNOLE , a.k.a. THE CAR KEYS (2003) DIR – PROD – SCR Laurent Baffe CAM Philippe Vene ED Anne Lafarge MUS Ramon Pipin CAST Laurent Baffe, Daniel Russo, Pascal Sellem, Karine Lyachenko, Dani, Gérard Depardieu, Michel Galabru, Claude Berri, Alain Sarde, Yvan Attal, Daniel Auteuil, Guy Bedos, Richard Berry, Jean-Claude Brialy, Jean Dujardin, Kad Merad (Comedian), Vincent Lindon, Thierry Lhermitte, Enrico Macias, Eddy Mitchell, Pierre Richard, Marina Foïs, Jean Rochefort, Sophie Marceau

LES DALTON , a.k.a. THE DALTONS and LUCKY LUKE AND THE DALTONS (2004) DIR Philippe Haïm PROD Saïd Ben Saïd, Yves Marmion SCR Michel Hazanavicius, Ramzy Bedia, Eric Judor CAM David Carretero ED Richard Marizy MUS Alexandre Azaria CAST Eric Judor, Ramzy Bedia, Saïd Errari, Romain Berger, Til Schweiger, Javivi, Marthe Villalonga, Jean Benguigui, Jean Dujardin, Elie Semoun, Kad Merad (Mexican)

IZNOGOUD , a.k.a. THE IZNOGOUD (2005) DIR Patrick Braoudé PROD Farid Lahouassa, Aïssa Djarbi SCR Patrick Braoudé (comic books by René Goscinny, Jean Tabary) CAM Jérôme Robert ED Yves Deschamps, Charlotte Teillard D’Eyry MUS Jacques Davidovici CAST Michaël Youn, Arno Chevrier, Jacques Villeret, Bernard Farcy, Maurice Lamy, Kad Merad (Ouzmoutousouloubouloubombê)

UN TICKET POUR L’ESPACE , a.k.a. A TICKET TO SPACE (2006) DIR Éric Lartigau PROD Jean-Baptiste Dupont, Cyril Colbeau-Justin SCR Kad [ Kad Merad ], Olivier [Olivier Baroux], Julien Rappeneau CAM Régis Blondeau ED Reynald Bertrand MUS Erwann Kermorvant CAST Kad [ Kad Merad ] (Cardoux), Olivier [Olivier Baroux], Marina Foïs, Guillaume Canet, André Dussollier, Pierre François Martin-Laval, Frédéric Proust, Thierry Frémont, Anne Marivin

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LES IRRÉDUCTIBLES (2006) DIR Renaud Bertrand PROD Géraldine Ioos-Combelles, Laurent Thiry SCR Géraldine Ioos-Combelles, Marc Herpoux, Sébastien Thibaudeau CAM Marc Koninckx ED Laurence Bawedin CAST Jacques Gamblin, Kad Merad (Gérard Mathieu), Anne Brochet, Rufus, Hélène Vincent, Valérie Kaprisky, Edouard Collin

JE VAIS BIEN, NE T’EN FAIS PAS , a.k.a. DON’T WORRY, I’M FINE (2006) DIR Philippe Lioret PROD Christophe Rossignon SCR Philippe Lioret, Olivier Adam CAM Sascha Wernik ED Judith Rivière Kawa, Andrea Sedlácková MUS Nicola Piovani CAST Mélanie Laurent, Kad Merad (Paul Tellier), Julien Boisselier, Isabelle Renauld, Aïssa Maïga, Simon Buret, Christophe Rossignon, Emmanuel Courcol

J’INVENTE RIEN (2006) DIR – SCR Michel Leclerc PROD Agnès Vallée, Emmanuel Barraux CAM Pascal Lagriffoul ED Michel Klochendler, Axelle Malavieille MUS Jérôme Bensoussan CAST Elsa Zylberstein, Kad Merad (Paul Thalman), Claude Brasseur, Patrick Chesnais, Guillaume Toucas, Sara Martins, Liliane Rovère

PUR WEEK-END (2007) DIR Olivier Doran PROD Alain Attal SCR Olivier Doran, Philippe Lefebvre (idea from Philippe Lefebvre, Alain Attal) CAM Christophe Offenstein ED Emmanuelle Baude CAST Kad Merad (Frédéric ‘Fred’ Alvaro), Bruno Solo, Valérie Benguigui, Philippe Lefebvre, Jean-Noël Brouté, Anne Marivin, Arnaud Henriet, François Berléand

JE CROIS QUE JE L’AIME , a.k.a. COULD THIS BE LOVE? (2007) DIR Pierre Jolivet PROD Pierre Kubel, Frédéric Bourboulon, Marie-Castille Mention-Schaar SCR Pierre Jolivet, Simon Michaël CAM Pascal Ridao ED Yves Deschamps CAST Vincent Lindon, Sandrine Bonnaire, François Berléand, Liane Foly, Kad Merad (Rachid), Hélène de Saint-Pierre

3 AMIS , a.k.a. 3 FRIENDS (2007) DIR Michel Boujenah SCR Michel Boujenah, Pascal Elbé CAM Philippe Pavans de Ceccaty ED Jennifer Augé CAST Mathilde Seigner, Pascal Elbé, Kad Merad (Baptiste ‘Titi’ Capla), Yves Rénier, Philippe Noiret, Daniel Duval, Annelise Hesme, Constance Dollé

CE SOIR, JE DORS CHEZ TOI , a.k.a. TONIGHT I’LL SLEEP AT YOURS (2007) DIR Olivier Baroux PROD Jean-Baptiste Dupont, Cyril Colbeau-Justin SCR Olivier Baroux (adaptation by Jean-Paul Bathany, Michel Delgado) CAM Arnaud Stefani ED Richard Marizy MUS Martin Rappeneau CAST Jean-Paul Rouve, Mélanie Doutey, Kad Merad (Jacques), Rhiles Djarouane, Hélène Patarot, Philippe Lefebvre

BIENVENUE CHEZ LES CH’TIS , a.k.a. WELCOME TO THE STICKS (2008) DIR Dany Boon PROD Claude Berri, Jérôme Seydoux SCR Dany Boon, Alexandra Charlot, Franck Magnier CAM Pierre Aïm ED Julie Delord, Luc Barnier MUS Philippe Rombi CAST Kad Merad (Philippe Abrams), Dany Boon, Zoé Félix, Lorenzo Ausilia-Foret, Anne Marivin, Philippe Duquesne, Michel Galabru

MODERN LOVE (2009) DIR – SCR Stéphane Kazandjian PROD Jacques Perrin, Antoine Rein, Caroline Adrian CAM Régis Blondeau ED Philippe Bourgueil CAST Alexandra Lamy, Stéphane Rousseau, Bérénice Bejo, Pierre François Martin-Laval, Clotilde Courau, Stéphane Debac, Kad Merad (Olivier), Mélanie Bernier

MES STARS ET MOI , a.k.a. MY STARS (2008) DIR – SCR Laetitia Colombani PROD Christophe Rossignon CAM Jean-Marie Dreujou ED Véronique Parnet MUS Frédéric Talgorn CAST Kad Merad (Robert Pelage), Catherine Deneuve, Emmanuelle Béart, Mélanie Bernier, Maria de Medeiros, Rufus, Antoine Duléry, Juliette Lamboley

SAFARI (2009) DIR Olivier Baroux PROD Richard Grandpierre SCR Olivier Baroux, Richard Grandpierre, Pascal Plisson, Jean-Paul Bathany (original idea from Richard Grandpierre, Pascal Plisson) CAM Arnaud Stefani ED Florent Vassault, Richard Marizy MUS Martin Rappeneau CAST Kad Merad (Richard Dacier), Lionel Abelanski, Valérie Benguigui, Frédérique Bel, Guy Lecluyse, David Saracino, Nicolad Marlé, Omar Sy

LE PETIT NICOLAS , a.k.a. LITTLE NICOLAS and LITTLE NICHOLAS (2009) DIR Laurent Tirard PROD Marc Missonnier, Olivier Delbosc SCR Laurent Tirard, Grégoire Vigneron (characters created by René Goscinny, Sempé [Jean-Jacqus Sempé]) CAM Denis Rouden ED Valérie Deseine MUS Klaus Badelt CAST Maxime Godard, Vincent Claude, Charles Vaillant, Victor Carles, Benjamin Averty, Germain Petit Damico, Damien Ferdel, Valérie Lemercier, Kad Merad (Nicolas’ Father), Sandrine Kiderlain, Michel Duchaussoy, Michel Galabru, Anémone, François Damiens, Gérard Jugnot

RTT (2009) DIR Frédéric Berthe PROD Dominique Farruagia, Cyril Batteux, Jean-Baptiste Dupont SCR Matthieu Delaporte, Julien Rappeneau, Alexandre de La Patellière CAM Giovanni Fiore Coltellacci ED Damien Codaccioni CAST Kad Merad (Arthur Lepage), Mélanie Doutey, Manu Payet, Francis Renaud, Pierre Laplace, Daniel Duval, Nathalie Levy-Lang

PROTÉGER & SERVIR (2010) DIR Eric Lavaine PROD Vincent Roget, François Cornuau, Genevieve Lemal, Alexandre Lippens SCR Eric Lavaine, Héctor Cabello Reyes (television series LE 17 by Eric Lavine, Bénabar, Jean-Paul Bathany, Alexandre Pesle, Frédéric Proust) CAM Stéphane Cami ED Vincent Zuffranieri CAST Kad Merad (Michel Boudriau), Carole Bouquet, Clovis Cornillac, François Damiens, Elsa Kikoïne, Jean-Luc Couchard, Héctor Cabello Reyes

L’IMMORTEL , a.k.a. 22 BULLETS and THE IMMORTAL (2010) DIR Richard Berry PROD Pierre-Ange Le Pogam SCR Richard Berry, Alexandre de La Patellière, Matthieu Delaporte (adaptation by Richard Berry, Alexandre de La Patellière, Matthieu Delaporte; novel by Franz-Olivier Giesbert) CAM Thomas Hardmeier ED Camille Delamarre MUS Klaus Badelt CAST Jean Reno, Kad Merad (Tony Zacchia), Jean-Pierre Darroussin, Marina Foïs, JoeyStarr, Richard Berry, Venantino Venantini, Claude Gensac

L’ITALIEN , a.k.a. THE ITALIAN (2010) DIR Olivier Baroux PROD Richard Grandpierre SCR Éric Besnard, Nicolas Boukhrief (adaptation by Olivier Baroux, Jean-Paul Bathany, Stéphane Ben Lahcene) CAM Arnaud Stefani ED Richard Maziry MUS Martin Rappeneau CAST Kad Merad (Mourad Ben Saoud, a.k.a. Dino Fabrizzi), Valérie Benguigui, Roland Giraud, Philippe Lefebvre, Guillaume Gallienne, Sid Ahmed Agoumi

MONSIEUR PAPA (2011) DIR Kad Merad PROD Romain Le Grand, Judith Aubry SCR Luc Chaumar, Anne Valton CAM Régis Blondeau ED Christophe Pinel MUS Daran CAST Michèle Laroque, Kad Merad (Robert Pique), Gaspard Meier-Chaurand, Vincent Perez, Judith El Zein, Lucie Laurier, Christophe Kourotchkine, Myriam Boyer

LES TUCHE , a.k.a. THE TUCHE FAMILY (2011) DIR Olivier Baroux PROD Richard Grandpierre SCR Philippe Mechelen (adaptation by Olivier Baroux, Philippe Mechelen, Chantal Lauby) CAM Arnaud Stefani  MUS Martin Rappeneau CAST Jean-Paul Rouve, Isabelle Nanty, Claire Nadeau, Théo Fernandez, Sarah Stern, Pierre Lottin, Fadila Belkebla, Omar Sy, Kad Merad (Fishmonger)

LA NOUVELLE GUERRE DES BOUTONS , a.k.a. WAR OF THE BUTTONS (2011) DIR Christophe Barratier PROD Thomas Langmann SCR Thomas Langmann, Christophe Barratier, Stéphane Keller (adaptation by Christophe Barratier, Stéphane Keller, Philippe Lopes-Churval; novel “La guerre des boutons” [1912] by Louis Pergaud) CAM Jean Poisson ED Yves Deschamps, Anne-Sophie Bion MUS Philippe Rombi CAST Laetitia Casta, Guillaume Canet, Kad Merad (Lebrac’s Father), Gérard Jugnot, Jean Texier, Ilona Bachelier, Clément Godefroy

JC COMME JÉSUS CHRIST , a.k.a. PLAY IT LIKE GODARD (2011) DIR – SCR Jonathan Zaccaï PROD Jonathan Zaccaï, Vanessa Zambernardi, Serge de Poucques, Élodie Hesme, Sylvain Goldberg CAM Bruno Devrage ED Vanessa Zambernardi MUS David Gategno CAST Vincent Lacoste, Elsa Zylberstein, Aure Atika, Ella Waldmann, Gilles Lellouche, Kad Merad (Kad Merad), Jonathan Zaccaï

SUPERSTAR (2012) DIR Xavier Giannoli PROD Edouard Well SCR Xavier Giannoli (novel “L’idole” [2004] by Serge Joncour) CAM Christophe Beaucarne ED Célia Lafitedupont MUS Sinclair [Mathieu Blanc-Francard] CAST Kad Merad (Martin Kazinski), Cécile de France, Louis-Do de Lencquesaing, Cédric Ben Abdallah, Alberto Sorbelli, Frédéric Boismoreau

MAIS QUI A RE-TUÉ PAMELA ROSE? , a.k.a. F.B.I. FROG BUTTHEAD INVESTIGATORS (2012) DIR Kad Merad , Olivier Baroux PROD Jean-Baptiste Dupont, Cyril Colbeau-Justin SCR Kad Merad , Olivier Baroux, Julien Rappeneau CAM Régis Blondeau ED Elodie Codaccioni MUS Hervé Rakotofiringa CAST Kad Merad (Richard Bullit/Holk Logan), Olivier Baroux, Omar Sy, Laurent Lafitte, Audrey Fleurot, Guy Lecluyse, Philippe Lefebvre, Laurence Arné

DES GENS QUI S’EMBRASSENT , a.k.a. IT HAPPENED IN SAINT-TROPEZ (2013) DIR Danièle Thompson PROD Florian Genetet-Morel, Romain Le Grand SCR Danièle Thompson, Christopher Thompson CAM Jean-Marc Fabre ED Sylvie Landra MUS Stephen Warbeck CAST Kad Merad (Roni Melkowich), Monica Bellucci, Éric Elmosnino, Valérie Bonneton, Max Boublil, Lou de Laâge, Clara Ponsot, Ivry Gitlis, Sylvie Vartan, Karin Viard

LE GRAND MÉCHANT LOUP (2013) DIR Nicolas & Bruno [Nicolas Charlet, Bruno Lavaine] PROD Nicolas Altmayer, Eric Altmayer SCR Nicolas Charlet, Bruno Lavaine (screenplay LES 3 P’TITS COCHONS [2007] by Claude Lalonde, Pierre Lamothe, Patrick Huard) CAM Laurent Dailland ED Reynald Bertrand MUS Eric Neveux CAST Benoît Poelvoorde, Kad Merad (Louis Delcroix), Fred Testot, Valérie Donzelli, Charlotte Le Bon, Zabou Breitman, Christiana Réall, Léa Drucker, Linh Dan Pham, Marie-Christine Barrault

LES VACANCES DU PETIT NICOLAS , a.k.a. NICOLAS ON HOLIDAY and NICHOLAS ON HOLIDAY (2014) DIR Laurent Tirard PROD Marc Missonnier, Olivier Delbosc SCR Laurent Tirard, Grégoire Vigneron (adaptation by Laurent Tirard, Grégoire Vigneron; characters created by René Goscinny, Sempé [Jean-Jacques Sempé]) CAM Denis Rouden ED Valérie Deseine MUS Eric Neveux CAST Valérie Lemercier, Kad Merad (Nicolas’ Father), Dominique Lavanant, Bouli Lanners, François-Xavier Demaison, Luca Zingaretti, Judith Henry

ON A MARCHÉ SUR BANGKOK (2014) DIR – SCR Olivier Baroux PROD Richard Grandpierre CAM Régis Blondeau ED Christophe Pinel MUS Martin Rappeneau CAST Kad Merad (Serge Renart), Alice Taglioni, Peter Coyote, Chawanrut Janjittranon, Claude Perron, Etienne Chicot, Michel Aumont

BIS (2015) DIR – PROD Dominique Farrugia SCR Dominique Farrugia, Nans Delgado, Frédéric Hazan (original idea from Dominique Farrugia, Matthieu Delaporte, Alexandre de La Patellière, Julien Rappeneau) CAM Rémy Chevrin ED Frédérique Olszak MUS Julien Jaouen CAST Kad Merad (Patrice Coquelle), Franck Dubosc, Alexandra Lamy, Gerard Darmon, Julien Boisselier, Anne Girouard, Eléonore Bernheim, Antonin Chalon

ON VOULAIT TOUT CASSER , a.k.a. WE WERE YOUNG (2015) DIR Philippe Guillard PROD Jean-Baptiste Dupont, Cyril Colbeau-Justin, Sidonie Dumas SCR Philippe Guillard (also adaptation) CAM Ludovic Colbeau-Justin MUS Roméo Guillard, Maxime Lebidois CAST Kad Merad (Kiki), Charles Berling, Benoît Magimel, Vincent Moscato, Jean-François Cayrey, Anne Charier, Elsa Mollien

MARSEILLE (2016) DIR Kad Merad PROD Jean-Baptiste Dupont, Cyril Colbeau-Justin, Richard Grandpierre SCR Kad Merad , Patrick Bosso, Judith El Zein (adaptation by Kad Merad , Patrick Bosso, Judith El Zein) CAM Gordon Spooner ED Marie Silvi MUS Hervé Rakotofiringa CAST Kad Merad (Paolo), Patrick Bosso, Venantino Venantini, Judith El Zein, Anne Charrier, Louis-Do de Lencquesaign, Julien Boisselier, Philippe Lefebvre, Mathieu Madénian, Reda Merad, Mina Merad

LA FOLLE HISTOIRE DE MAX ET LÉON , a.k.a. THE COMIC ADVENTURES OF MAX AND LEON (2016) DIR Jonathan Barré PROD Alain Goldman SCR Jonathan Barré, David Marsais, Grégoire Ludig CAM Sascha Wernik ED Delphine Guilbaud MUS Charles Luding CAST David Marsais, Grégoire Ludig, Alice Vial, Saskia de Melo Dillais, Dominique Pinon, Bernard Farcy, Christophe Lambert, Kad Merad (Actor on British Television)

ALIBI.COM (2017) DIR Philippe Lachau PROD Alexandra Fechner SCR Philippe Lachau, Pierre Dudan, Julien Arruti CAM Dominique Colin ED Olivier Michaut-Alchourroun MUS Maxime Desprez, Michaël Tordjman CAST Philippe Lachau, Élodie Fontan, Julien Arruti, Tarek Boudali, Nathalie Baye, Didier Bourdon, Kad Merad (Monsieur Godet)

COMME DES ROIS , a.k.a. KINGS FOR A DAY (2017) DIR Xabi Molia PROD Christie Molia, Marielle Duigou SCR Xabi Molia, Frédéric Chansel CAM Martin De Chabaneix ED Thomas Marchand MUS Lullatone CAST Kad Merad (Joseph), Kacey Mottet Klein, Sylvie Testud, Lucie Bourdeu, Tiphiane Daviot, Jenny Bellay, Marc Bodnar

LA MÉLODIE , a.k.a. LA MELODIE (2017) DIR Rachid Hami PROD Nicolas Mauvernay SCR Rachid Hami, Guy Laurent, Valérie Zenatti (original idea from Guy Laurent) CAM Jérôme Alméras ED Joëlle Hache MUS Bruno Coulais CAST Kad Merad (Simon Daoud), Samir Guesmi, Renely Alfred, Jean-Luc Vincent, Tatiana Rojo, Slimane Dazi, Mathieu Spinosi

LE DOUDOU , a.k.a. LOOKING FOR TEDDY (2018) DIR Julien Hervé, Philippe Mechelen PROD Richard Grandpierre SCR Julien Hervé, Philippe Mechelen, Nessim Chikhaoul CAM Stéphane Le Parc MUS Hervé Rakotofiringa CAST Kad Merad (Michel Barré), Malik Bentalha, Romain Lancry, David Salles, Guy Marchand, Isabelle Sadoyan, Lou Chavain, Enya Baroux

BRILLANTISSIME (2018) DIR Michèle Laroque PROD Lionel Dutemple, Bernjamin Morgaine, Romain Rousseau, Maxime Delauney SCR Michèle Laroque, Lionel Dutemple, Benjamin Morgaine (adaptation by Michèle Laroque, Lionel Dutemple, Benjamin Morgaine; play “My Brilliant Divorce” [2013] by Geraldine Aron) CAM Kika Ungaro ED Jeanne Kef, Reynald Bertrand CAST Michèle Laroque, Kad Merad (Doctor Steinman), Françoise Fabian, Gérard Darmon, Rossy De Palma, Pascal Albé, Oriane Deschamps

LE GENDRE DE MA VIE (2018) DIR François Desagnat PROD Jérôme Corcos, Jérôme Seydoux, Stephane Sperry, Antoine Pezet SCR François Desagnat, Thomas Ruat, Jérôme L’hotsky (adaptation by François Desagnat, Thomas Ruat; screenplay DAD FRIEND by Jeff Morris) CAM Vincent Gallot ED Beatrice Herminie MUS Fabien Cahen CAST Kad Merad (Stéphane), Pauline Étienne, Julie Gayet, François Déblock, Zabou Breitman, Guillaume Labbé, Chloé Jouannet

JUST A GIGOLO (2019) DIR Olivier Baroux PROD Richard Grandpierre, Dimitri Rassam SCR Kad Merad , Olivier Baroux (screenplay HOW TO BE A LATIN LOVER [2017] by Jon Zack, Chris Spain) CAM Christian Abomnes ED Stephan Couturier MUS Martin Rappeneau CAST Kad Merad (Alex), Anne Charrier, Léopold Moati, Pascal Elbé, Thierry Lhermitte, Anny Duperey, Lionel Abelanski, Guy Lecluyse, Andréa Ferréol, Enya Baroux

UN TRIOMPHE , a.k.a. THE BIG HIT (2020) DIR Emmanuel Courcol PROD Marc Bordure, Robert Guédiguian SCR Emmanuel Courcol (adaptation by Emmanuel Courcol, Thierry de Carbonnières) CAM Yann Maritaud ED Guerric Catala MUS Fred Avril CAST Kad Merad (Étienne), David Ayala, Lamine Cissokho, Sofian Khammes, Pierre Lottin, Wabliné Nablé, Aleksandr Medvedev, Saïd Benchmafa, Marina Hands, Laurent Stocker

L’ANNÉE DU REQUIN (2021) DIR – SCR Ludovic Boukerma, Zoran Boukherma PROD Pierre-Louis Garnon, Frédéric Jouve CAM David Cailley MUS Amaury Chabauty CAST Kad Merad , Marina Foïs, Christine Gautier, Jean-Pascal Zadi

BULLIT & RIPER (2020) DIR Kad Merad , Olivier Baroux PROD Bruno Delport TELEPLAY Kad Merad , Olivier Baroux, Julien Rappeneau ED Jon Goc MUS Hervé Rakotofiringa CAST (voice only) Kad Merad (Richard Bullit), Philippe Magnan, Anne Charrier, Enya Baroux, Laurence Arné, Martin Darondeau

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France released, PAL/Region 2 DVD: it WILL NOT play on standard US DVD player. You need multi-region PAL/NTSC DVD player to view it in USA/Canada: LANGUAGES: French ( Dolby Digital 2.0 ), French ( Dolby Digital 5.1 ), English ( Subtitles ), WIDESCREEN (2.35:1), SPECIAL FEATURES: 2-DVD Set, Cast/Crew Interview(s), Interactive Menu, Making Of, Photo Gallery, Scene Access, Teaser(s), Trailer(s), SYNOPSIS: A party of French tourists are looking forward to discovering the wonders of the Dark Continent, through a safari organised by Richard Dacier. What they don't know is that their guide hasn't set foot in Africa for thirty years and is terrified of wild animals! ...Safari

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• Package Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 7.1 x 5.42 x 0.58 inches; 2.93 ounces
• Director ‏ : ‎ Olivier Baroux
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• Run time ‏ : ‎ 97 minutes
• Actors ‏ : ‎ Kad Merad, Lionel Abelanski, Valérie Benguigui, Frédérique Bel, Guy Lecluyse
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Birthday: Mar 27, 1964

Birthplace: Sidi Bel Abbes, Algeria

French comedian Kad Merad rose swiftly from radio and television to feature films, where he displayed a talent for both comedies like "Welcome to the Sticks" (2008) and intimate dramas like "Don't Worry, I'm Fine" (2006). Born Kaddour Merad on March 27, 1964 in the Algerian city of Sidi Bel Abbès, he was the son of an Algerian father and French mother. Merad began his performing career as a teenager, playing and singing in various bands on the Club Med resort circuit. He experimented with classical theater before moving into radio as a host on Oui FM. There, he met Olivier Baroux, with whom he formed the duo Kad & Olivier; the pair had their own program, "Rock'n Roll Circus," which featured numerous recurring sketches. In 1999, Kad & Olivier earned their own television sketch comedy series, "Le grosse emission" (Comedie+, 1999-2001). Merad soon transitioned successfully into feature films, both as a solo performer in comedies like "La beuze" (2003) and dramas like the thriller "The Pharmacist" (2003). He also teamed with Baroux for various broad comedy films, including "Mais qui a tuè Pamela Rose?" (2003), based on one of their more popular sketches, and "Iznogoud" (2005), a live-action take on the comic by "Asterix" co-creator René Goscinny. During this period, Merad received excellent reviews for his turn in "Les Choristes" (2004), a coming-of-age drama that was nominated for the Best Foreign Language Film Oscar. The international acclaim afforded to the picture led to "Je vais bien, ne t'en fais pas" (2006), a moving drama about a young woman (Melanie Laurent) who lapses into a crippling depression after the apparent disappearance of her brother. Merad played the siblings' father, whose tough exterior hid a deeply wounded and sensitive soul, and received the César for Best Actor in a Supporting Role. He then returned to a steady schedule of comedies, including reunions with Baroux in "A Ticket to Space" (2006) and "Ce soir, je dors chez toi" (2007), which marked Baroux's directorial debut. Merad scored the biggest hit of his career to date with "Bienvenue chez les Ch'tis" (2008), a fish-out-of-water comedy about a postman who discovers that the sleepy northern French town to which he has been dispatched is the perfect antidote for his miserable life. Now firmly established as a film star, Merad worked steadily throughout the 2000s and beyond. He moved between light comedies like the Oscar-nominated "Paris 36" (2008) and "Superstar" (2012), with Merad as an average man who suddenly becomes famous, and a broader farce with Baroux "Mais qui a re-tue Pamela Rose" (2012), a sequel to their popular action spoof. In addition, he starred in dramas like "22 Bullets" (2010), a mob thriller with Jean Reno, and writer-star Daniel Auteil's moving family story "The Well-Digger's Daughter" (2011).

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For the first time Rosatom Fuel Division supplied fresh nuclear fuel to the world’s only floating nuclear cogeneration plant in the Arctic

The fuel was supplied to the northernmost town of Russia along the Northern Sea Route.

The first in the history of the power plant refueling, that is, the replacement of spent nuclear fuel with fresh one, is planned to begin before 2024. The manufacturer of nuclear fuel for all Russian nuclear icebreakers, as well as the Akademik Lomonosov FNPP, is Machinery Manufacturing Plant, Joint-Stock Company (MSZ JSC), a company of Rosatom Fuel Company TVEL that is based in Elektrostal, Moscow Region.

The FNPP includes two KLT-40S reactors of the icebreaking type. Unlike convenient ground-based large reactors (that require partial replacement of fuel rods once every 12-18 months), in the case of these reactors, the refueling takes place once every few years and includes unloading of the entire reactor core and loading of fresh fuel into the reactor.

The cores of KLT-40 reactors of the Akademik Lomonosov floating power unit have a number of advantages compared to the reference ones: a cassette core was used for the first time in the history of the unit, which made it possible to increase the fuel energy resource to 3-3.5 years between refuelings, and also reduce the fuel component of the electricity cost by one and a half times. The FNPP operating experience formed the basis for the designs of reactors for nuclear icebreakers of the newest series 22220. Three such icebreakers have been launched by now.

For the first time the power units of the Akademik Lomonosov floating nuclear power plant were connected to the grid in December 2019, and put into commercial operation in May 2020. The supply of nuclear fuel from Elektrostal to Pevek and its loading into the second reactor is planned for 2024. The total power of the Akademik Lomonosov FNPP, supplied to the coastal grid of Pevek without thermal energy consumption on shore, is about 76 MW, being about 44 MW in the maximum thermal power supply mode. The FNPP generated 194 million kWh according to the results of 2023. The population of Pevek is just a little more than 4 thousand, while the FNPP has a potential for supplying electricity to a city with a population of up to 100 thousand people. After the FNPP commissioning two goals were achieved. These include first of all the replacement of the retiring capacities of the Bilibino NPP, which has been operating since 1974, as well as the Chaunskaya TPP, which has already been operating for more than 70 years. Secondly, energy is supplied to the main mining companies in western Chukotka in the Chaun-Bilibino energy hub a large ore and metal cluster, including gold mining companies and projects related to the development of the Baimsk ore zone. In September 2023, a 110 kilovolt power transmission line with a length of 490 kilometers was put into operation, connecting the towns of Pevek and Bilibino. The line increased the reliability of energy supply from the FNPP to both Bilibino consumers and mining companies, the largest of which is the Baimsky GOK. The comprehensive development of the Russian Arctic is a national strategic priority. To increase the NSR traffic is of paramount importance for accomplishment of the tasks set in the field of cargo shipping. This logistics corridor is being developed due regular freight voyages, construction of new nuclear-powered icebreakers and modernization of the relevant infrastructure. Rosatom companies are actively involved in this work. Rosatom Fuel Company TVEL (Rosatom Fuel Division) includes companies fabricating nuclear fuel, converting and enriching uranium, manufacturing gas centrifuges, conducting researches and producing designs. As the only nuclear fuel supplier to Russian NPPs, TVEL supplies fuel for a total of 75 power reactors in 15 countries, for research reactors in nine countries, as well as for propulsion reactors of the Russian nuclear fleet. Every sixth power reactor in the world runs on TVEL fuel. Rosatom Fuel Division is the world’s largest producer of enriched uranium and the leader on the global stable isotope market. The Fuel Division is actively developing new businesses in chemistry, metallurgy, energy storage technologies, 3D printing, digital products, and decommissioning of nuclear facilities. TVEL also includes Rosatom integrators for additive technologies and electricity storage systems. Rosenergoatom, Joint-Stock Company is part of Rosatom Electric Power Division and one of the largest companies in the industry acting as an operator of nuclear power plants. It includes, as its branches, 11 operating NPPs, including the FNPP, the Scientific and Technical Center for Emergency Operations at NPPs, Design and Engineering as well as Technological companies. In total, 37 power units with a total installed capacity of over 29.5 GW are in operation at 11 nuclear power plants in Russia. Machinery Manufacturing Plant, Joint-Stock Company (MSZ JSC, Elektrostal) is one of the world’s largest manufacturers of fuel for nuclear power plants. The company produces fuel assemblies for VVER-440, VVER-1000, RBMK-1000, BN-600,800, VK-50, EGP-6; powders and fuel pellets intended for supply to foreign customers. It also produces nuclear fuel for research reactors. The plant belongs to the TVEL Fuel Company of Rosatom.

Rosatom obtained a license for the first land-based SMR in Russia

On April 21, Rosenergoatom obtained a license issued by Rostekhnadzor to construct the Yakutsk land-based SMR in the Ust-Yansky District of the Republic of Sakha (Yakutia).

ROSATOM and FEDC agree to cooperate in the construction of Russia's first onshore SNPP

ROSATOM and FEDC have signed a cooperation agreement to build Russia's first onshore SNPP in Yakutia.

Rosatom develops nuclear fuel for modernized floating power units

Rosatom has completed the development of nuclear fuel for the RITM-200S small modular reactor designed for the upgraded floating power units.

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Geographic coordinates (latitude and longitude) define a position on the Earth’s surface. Coordinates are angular units. The canonical form of latitude and longitude representation uses degrees (°), minutes (′), and seconds (″). GPS systems widely use coordinates in degrees and decimal minutes, or in decimal degrees.

Latitude varies from −90° to 90°. The latitude of the Equator is 0°; the latitude of the South Pole is −90°; the latitude of the North Pole is 90°. Positive latitude values correspond to the geographic locations north of the Equator (abbrev. N). Negative latitude values correspond to the geographic locations south of the Equator (abbrev. S).

Longitude is counted from the prime meridian ( IERS Reference Meridian for WGS 84) and varies from −180° to 180°. Positive longitude values correspond to the geographic locations east of the prime meridian (abbrev. E). Negative longitude values correspond to the geographic locations west of the prime meridian (abbrev. W).

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Elektrostal , Moscow Oblast, Russia

• Victor Mukhin

Victor M. Mukhin was born in 1946 in the town of Orsk, Russia. In 1970 he graduated the Technological Institute in Leningrad. Victor M. Mukhin was directed to work to the scientific-industrial organization "Neorganika" (Elektrostal, Moscow region) where he is working during 47 years, at present as the head of the laboratory of carbon sorbents.     Victor M. Mukhin defended a Ph. D. thesis and a doctoral thesis at the Mendeleev University of Chemical Technology of Russia (in 1979 and 1997 accordingly). Professor of Mendeleev University of Chemical Technology of Russia. Scientific interests: production, investigation and application of active carbons, technological and ecological carbon-adsorptive processes, environmental protection, production of ecologically clean food.   

Title : Active carbons as nanoporous materials for solving of environmental problems

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