The backstage farce “La Comédie-Française” took a well-deserved bow as the opener at this year’s Unifrance Rendez-Vous in Paris — an auspicious spotlight for a project not originally meant to be a film.
Sold by Charades, the crowd-pleasing feature began as a pandemic-era mashup between two digital-native sketch comedians and France’s most venerable arts institution, founded by royal decree of Louis XIV.
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“During COVID, the Comédie-Française launched its YouTube channel and saw that many people were tuning in to online theater,” says co-director Bertrand Usclat. “That sparked the idea of branching into digital formats. They approached us to create short sketches and
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