Festivals - L'Alpe D'huez 2022 : Super-héros malgré lui opening film

By Mulder, 27 october 2021

Philippe Lacheau's highly anticipated feature film, Super-heros Malgré Lui, will open this anniversary edition on Monday, January 17, 2022. The director & actor Philippe Lacheau will be accompanied by his famous crew including Elodie Fontan, Tarek Boudali and Julien Arruti to present his new comedy in an out-of-competition opening & preview.

Philippe Lacheau & The Alpe d'Huez Festival: 
- In 2014: Philippe Lacheau discovers the FAH & comes to present his very first feature film Babysitting, co-directed with Nicolas Benamou and in the company of all "Fifi's gang": Tarek Boudali, Julien Arruti, Alice David... Babysitting leaves with two awards: The Audience Award & the Special Jury Award chaired that year by Dany Boon. The adventure is launched at Alpe d'Huez, and this over-vitamin comedy embarks more than 2 million spectators in theaters.
- In 2016, surrounded by Karin Viard, Alice Pol & Patrick Bosso: Philippe Lacheau is then a member of the Jury of the 19th Festival of Alpe d'Huez, chaired by Kad Merad.
- In 2017 & 2019 Philippe Lacheau returns to Alpe d'Huez to present out of competition two feature films, which he directs and performs: Alibi.Com and Nicky Larson and the perfect of Cupidon, two great successes at the French box office.

Synopsis: 
A struggling apprentice actor, Cedric finally lands his first role in a superhero movie. One night, while borrowing the filming car, he is the victim of an accident that makes him lose his memory. When he wakes up, dressed in his vigilante costume and in the middle of the film's props, he is convinced that he has become the film's character with a dangerous mission to accomplish. But not everyone is a hero and even less a superhero... And even less Cedric.

Superhero malgré-lui
Directed by Philippe Lacheau
Produced by David Gauquié, Julien Deris, Philippe Lacheau, Pierre Dudan 
Written by Julien Arruti, Pierre Dudan, Philippe Lacheau and Pierre Lacheau
With Philippe Lacheau, Élodie Fontan, Tarek Boudali , Julien Arruti , Jean-Hugues Anglade , Alice Dufour , Brahim Bouhlel , Paco Boisson , Chantal Ladesou , Tony Saint Laurent , Georges Corraface , Régis Laspalès : Amr Waked , Philippe Beglia, Rayane Bensetti, Philippe Katerine, Bruno Lochet, Gérard Chaillou, Michel Crémadès
Music : Maxime Desprez and Michaël Tordjman
Image : Vincent Richard
Storyboard : Eric Gandois
Editing : Marc David
Production company : Vincent Richard
Distributed by Studiocanal (France)
Release date : February 2, 2022 (France)
Running time: 82 minutes

(Source : press release)