Guy
- warm
- measured
- gentle
- intimate
Warm, measured, gentle comedy / drama, grounded in texture. Ambivalent, intimate, tender.
How every film is hand-scored →Gauthier, a young journalist, learns from his mother that he is the illegitimate son of Guy Jamet, a popular French singer whose heyday stretched unevenly from the 1960’s to the nineties. Guy is currently promoting a new album of old material and heads on tour. Armed with a camera, Gauthier decides to follow Guy, recording his daily routine and his concerts to create a documentary portrait.
Our read · Guy (2018) reads as a warm, measured, grounded comedy · drama · music entry — gentle in intensity, intimate in scope, tender in temperature, ambivalent in outlook.
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The shape of Guy
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“You like charming French mockumentaries about aging performers and family.”
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The reading.
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