US EditionCriticism of 'Monsieur Aznavour' (**): the Metallic Voice of a Guy Who Insisted on Singing
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A biopic. From a singer. No, rather, from an icon. And French. Well, good luck that it is not American nor the result as bad as it painted. The story of a man born into an Armenian family refugee in Paris, very united, very hard working, who, every night, dance and sing remembering their people, the one they had to abandon. The protagonist of this laudable although rendered film measures 1.64 of stature, has a disproportionate nose, is not, in f…
Everyone knows Aznavour and has hummed his beautiful songs, 'La Bohème', 'She', 'Venice without you' and such and this film, a full-fledged 'biopic', will allow his spectator to know also how much Aznavour suffered to achieve the triumph and the times that he was despised by the audience and the musical criticism for being short, ugly and half Armenian. Mehdi Idir and Gran Corps Malade have directed it (pseudonymous to a composer and singer very…
Charles Aznavour (1924-2018) was called the ambassador of the 'chanson'. A distinction taking into account the stars of the genre: Édith Piaf, Jacques Brel, Charles Trenet, Gilbert Bécaud, Léo Ferré or Serge Gainsbourg. The first and last have 'biopics' about their careers and personal existences full of obstacles: 'Life in Pink', where Marion Cotillard incarnated Piaf, and 'Gainsbourg (Life of a Hero)', a fantasy elucidated by comics author and…
Charles Aznavour was a legend of music. And his life, from the economic hardships he shared in France with his beloved family of Armenian origin, until reaching fame, well gave for a biopic. Mehdi Idir and Grand Corps Malade have taken care of it in the interesting and emotional Monsieur Aznavour, who follows the protagonist from his tender childhood to a maturity full of successes after many failures and emotionally touched by the devastating d…
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