After the success of C’est quoi cette famille and C’est quoi cette grandie, which respectively attracted 700,000 and 1.2 million spectators, Gabriel Julien-Laferrière is back with C’est quoi ce grandie ?!
Obviously, Chantal Ladesou is resuming her role of the crazy Aurore. The craziest granny takes a spectacular fall during a frenzied dance. She loses her memory and finds herself recovering in a nursing home. She only speaks of a mysterious Gégé… who could be her youthful sweetheart and make her find her head again.
Her seven grandchildren decide to make the wall to make their grandma escape. They set off across France in search of the one they believe to be their Grandpa. But when Grandma meets Grandpa… The family is not at the end of its surprises!
THE PUBLIC CALLS FOR MORE
“The truth is, it was the audience who gave me the idea of making this sequel”, admits director Gabriel Julien-Laferrière.
“To prepare for the release of C’est quoi cette Mamie?!, We did a big tour of previews and systematically the spectators called out to me, they were now waiting for the third. I heard every night for 2 months. , “So, the next one is going to be What’s this Grandpa ?!, as if, from one city to another, they had given each other the word! We left for this number 3 with a lot of enthusiasm “, confides the filmmaker.
Chantal Ladesou was delighted to slip back into the costume of this irreverent and wacky grandmother. “How could I not like it? The energy, the extravagance, the eccentricity, the exuberance, the gaiety, the optimism, the visceral taste for freedom, the big mouth too… We share so much both things that when I “met” her for the first time in the script of What’s This Family ?!, I thought Gabriel had written it on me! “, explains the actress.
GRANNY AURORE SUPERSTAR
Chantal Ladesou adored Grandma Aurore so much that the director made her the star of the saga. Propelled to the front line, she advanced with her face uncovered and we noticed that this Aurora from the first issue, apparently so whimsical and nutty, was in fact modestly hiding a granny with a tender heart, who would prove to be capable of assuming and guiding seven grandchildren.
“The end of the shoot left me helpless. When an actress has to leave a role with which she feels in such communion, it is always quite painful for her… So you can imagine my joy when Gabriel announced to me that Aurore and I were going to leave for new adventures! “, emphasizes the actress.
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IS A 4TH FILM IN THE BOXES?
Unfortunately, all good things come to an end. What is this grandpa ?! will likely be the last film in the franchise. Gabriel Julien-Laferrière has completed his trilogy and intends to go on other projects in the future. For the filmmaker, it was important to have known how to reinvent himself, in complete freedom, in the continuity of this trilogy.
“From the start, we swore that if there was a sequel to What is this family ?! it wouldn’t be to do What is this Family… on skis ?! Or what is this Family… on vacation ?!, like the series for children, charming moreover, Martines… at the beach, at school, etc… I’m happy that with the same characters, and without changing the fundamentals of the first film, we managed, each time, to take people elsewhere, without repetition and without repeating. Nobody will be able to accuse us of having been lazy “, says the director.
What is this grandpa will be the last feature film with all this little family. Gabriel Julien-Laferrière, however, does not hide his bitterness at the idea of no longer finding his troop. But he does not close the door to this universe for future films. “When you spend five years of your life with such a loving family and leave it, it leaves a great void. I would like this separation to be only temporary. By making a film with each of the ‘grown-up children’ “? I have some ideas”, he announces.
In any case, Chantal Ladesou would be up for finding Grandma Aurore for the 4th time! “I’m afraid it’s over, alas! But you never know? I could see myself stacking up with great-grandchildren! Even younger.”
