Cloclo - 3.5 / 5
This
Claude François biopic turned out to be quite an interesting movie. Since it's a biopic chronicling the entire life of Claude François, there's only a minimal storyline, but this movie needs to be seen for Jérémy Renier's star-making performance. To quote
that other Claude François movie: "Ce n'est pas un imitateur, c'est une incarnation!". Jérémy Renier IS Claude François in this film. The mannerisms, the attitude and the looks are all there. Heck, Renier even looks SO much like François in this film (especially François in his 30s), that when the footage looked like it was from the '70s, it was hard to tell whether they were using actual archive footage of Claude François, or whether they'd made new footage of Renier and made that appear old.
Renier has been an up-and-comer ever since his debut in the Dardenne brothers' "La Promesse" back in 1996 (at the age of 15!), but now it looks as if he had always been destined to play
this role. I was impressed...
The movie is good, the lead performance is amazing...