MEDI1TV Afrique : Younes Megri revient sur son premier rôle dans une production étrangère - 23/10/2024
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00:00Welcome to Mediane TV and Zoom in this cultural chronicle about a musician-comedian that you all know, Younes Migri,
00:17who has just released a new film, not in Morocco, but in Tunisia, called Belle de nuit,
00:25where he plays the main role, a film directed by Khadija Lemkacher.
00:32Younes Migri, it's a pleasure and an honor to be with you.
00:36Younes Migri, thank you very much for accepting our invitation.
00:40First, tell us about this Tunisian adventure.
00:43Hello. It's an adventure that started two years ago.
00:50We started the preparation, etc.
00:54We shot it about a year ago, and the film is now ready to be broadcast.
01:00And we have the opportunity this year to present it at the Festival International du Caire.
01:05So it is in official competition at the Festival International du Caire, which will last from 13 to 22 November.
01:13What's funny in this film, we're going to tell a few stories.
01:17You play the main role, and we're talking about boxing.
01:21Younes Migri, the singer of romantic music, how did he find himself in this boxing adventure?
01:30Well, first of all, because an actor must always renew himself, so not always do the same thing.
01:39And when I was offered this shoot, I was delighted.
01:43First, because I had known the producer of this film, who was assistant director, Mosleh Krim,
01:52who was the first assistant in the film in which I played with Farid Ablyazid, Casablanca, Casablanca.
01:58And at the time he had spoken to me, he told me, one day I will call you for a film.
02:03And indeed, he thought about me for a long time.
02:06And when he wrote this script, he called me, he said, here, I found the role you should play.
02:12And indeed, it's a role that I liked a lot.
02:16First, because it's a role that is totally different from everything I've done so far.
02:22The story of a boxing coach.
02:25But the story is not limited to boxing.
02:28There is also the search for a body in the middle of the Mediterranean, on a boat, etc.
02:33So practically half of the film takes place underwater and above water.
02:37So, a first role in a...
02:40You have obviously participated in other foreign productions, but it's a first role in a foreign film.
02:46And you didn't choose the easiest dialect for us, at least Moroccans.
02:53How did this immersion in the Tunisian dialect come about?
02:58How did you get involved to play this role?
03:01Well, I'll tell you a secret.
03:03I lived practically five years in Tunisia.
03:05But not the whole year.
03:07I lived about four to six months in Tunisia for five years.
03:11So, for...
03:13But it's been a very, very long time.
03:15I had to find the singing sound of the Tunisian language.
03:19And that's...
03:21It really made me happy.
03:24And it certainly helped you to play this role.
03:29I would like to see the look of the actor who is used to working with Moroccan cinema.
03:36I remind you that your news is that you play in the last film of Kamel Kodamour,
03:43which was presented at the 24th edition of the Tanger Film Festival.
03:48But when you work with a foreign production,
03:52whether it's from the world, or whether it's from the Maghreb, whether it's African,
03:57how does this collaboration happen?
04:01We're not used to seeing a lot of it.
04:03But how did this collaboration happen?
04:06Well, you know, when you're with professionals, the problem never arises.
04:09First of all, because we have the same goal.
04:11We want to make this film, or this project.
04:14So there's a total agreement.
04:16There's a kind of communion.
04:19And it's going very well.
04:20Even with the Tunisian actors.
04:22I was a little...
04:24Well, I was a little...
04:26How should I put it?
04:27Reticent?
04:28Yes, reticent.
04:29I was a little afraid of the reaction of the Tunisian actors,
04:32because I played the first role in this film.
04:34And in the end, everything went very well,
04:37whether it was with the technical team or the actors.
04:39Maybe one last question.
04:41I was saying, your news is that it's a film with Kamel Kemen,
04:45where there's music.
04:47And Khadija Al-Muqshir is a musician, because she played the violin.
04:52You're obviously a musician and a singer.
04:55We won't forget that.
04:56It's going to stick with you for the rest of your life.
04:58Is it a detail that can have an infinity with a director?
05:04Well, it's clear.
05:05First of all, because for me, an artist doesn't just limit himself
05:07to the things we know about him.
05:09Whether it's cinema, or music, or painting.
05:12For me, an artist is open to practically everything.
05:14And when he touches music or painting,
05:18it means that he's very open to any option for his films.
05:22And that's what brings us closest to a director.
05:25Yous Megri, thank you very much for accepting our invitation.
05:29I remind you that you just played the main role
05:34in a Tunisian film called Belle de Nuit,
05:36directed by Khadija Al-Muqshir.
05:39Thank you very much for accepting our invitation.
05:41Thank you very much.
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