Mathieu Amalric in
Tralala
"Whatever you do, don’t be yourself". It’s while he’s crooning this motto that
Mathieu Amalric, the wonderful lead actor in the new film by brothers
Arnaud and Jean-Marie Larrieu
Tralala - which was unveiled in a Midnight Screening within the Official Selection of the 74th Cannes Film Festival - experiences a highly bizarre (and nigh-on mystical) rebirth, "as if a free spirit, bouncing aimlessly, alone, between radars, the world and its beauties". Embarking upon a musical for the very first time, the French filmmakers have undoubtedly found the ideal stomping ground for their fanciful spirit, exploring it masterfully and with great inventiveness, without ever taking themselves too seriously and also using the opportunity to set out upon a hilarious cinematic pilgrimage to Lourdes, the town of the directors’ birth.