Born in 2009 on the internet, the film The visitor of the future finally came out in theaters on September 7, 2022 after a long wait that made fans tremble. A look at Frenchnerd’s adventure and the permanent project of his visionary of the future: François Descraques.
A flying wing in Paris
“Most importantly, don’t throw this jar away, otherwise this is what will happen!“Behind this injunction lies the genesis of a very strange story between friends. An epic that has continued to grow over the years. Until the consecration, when the project by François Descraques and the other members of Frenchnerd is brought to the big screen.
But let’s go back to the beginning. Things The visitor of the future, and what justifies such enthusiasm on the part of our dear Internet communities? This project, however, is basically a group of young people with a video camera and a lot of good ideas.
13 years of complicity spent to save the world
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The visitor of the future takes up this theme that has fascinated science fiction authors for The time Machine by HG Wells, via Terminator or Back to the Future : what can be the effects of a time traveler’s intervention on the course of events? How does this theory of causality work and can we use it to hope for a better future?
It is precisely this theme that is dealt with humor during the very first episodes of Visitor from the future. Raph’s character embodied by Raphaël Descraques – François’s brother – tries to live a normal life as a young Parisian who is a little slow to relax. But his daily life is turned upside down very quickly by the sudden arrival of a strange protagonist. Dressed in his rags of the future and his teleporter, which strikingly looks a lot like an MP3 player, the traveler played by Florent Dorin embarks on a more than daring task: saving the world.
The end of the world as we know it
The ability to travel to different times is the ability to recreate the future by changing the past. But our traveler has his own ways of acting. Mostly peaceful but also completely extravagant. And it is precisely this absurd humor that covers a well-thought-out scenario to give life to a series of surprising qualities given its starting means.
That’s why Raph can’t throw that can. Because, in one way or another, from an accumulation of events that will follow, according to an absolutely twisted theory, it would cause an explosion that would devastate all of Paris.
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Already unconvincing the first time, our hero of the time nevertheless seems determined to reiterate his interventions with Raph. This turns into an obsession and the latter feels harassed very quickly. A scenario then begins to take shape, other characters join the story and give it more and more capabilities. Justine Le Pottier and Mathieu Poggi play the members of a temporal brigade determined to get their hands on the Visitor, while Slimane Baptiste Berhoun plays the role of the extravagant Doctor Castafolte, a humanoid robot convinced that he is not a robot but its creator. .
Thus was born the first season of Visitor from the future, consisting of twenty episodes lasting a few minutes. With little means but many ambitions, the viewers who discovered this UFO on Dailymotion in 2009 were hooked and this was just the beginning …
20th Century Fox
In fact, at this date there is no shortage of good ideas on the internet and the appearance of platforms that allow you to quickly post and watch videos gives life to a swarm of projects of all kinds. We can easily quote Nerdz, Noob or the Company of Flanders… But also this site, Frenchnerd, which seems like an infinite pool of great concepts.
Host videos of Visitor from the futurethe site also offers other projects from this group of friends, a plethora of series like I’ve never been able to say noproduced this time by Slimane Baptiste Berhoun or diversions, music and even the famous Great debates. These describe quirky ideas just out of a late night with friends and reflect on deep social issues such as Zombie running VS. walking zombies or M.oundir VS. Predator.
Do you still feel old?
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We have the impression of being in a real French verse by dint of discovering that such an actor plays another role in another series, that such an actress has a musical group that acts as a soundtrack somewhere. . Other faces join the ship, actors like Pascal Hénault or Simon Astier come to give more consistency and professionalism. Sometimes some Internet figures are added: Ludovik, Céline Tran, Benzaie just to name a few …
Dead Landes, Dark Stories, Mysteries at St-Jacut, + o – Geek, the golden show, 3And right… The projects of François Descraques stand out for their diversity and their inventiveness. The visitor of the future for its part it is not far behind, with already four seasons, a novel and several manga coming to further develop this universe. What could be bolder?
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The dream finally came true: The visitor of the future arrives on the big screen. In casting, many actors in the series share the bill with newcomers. Because while François Descraques’ ambition remains to offer a following that will satisfy the pack of fans right from the start, it’s not about losing novices along the way.
The result is the creation of a new scenario and the addition of two characters, Alice and her father Gilbert, played respectively by Enya Baroux (yes, Olivier’s daughter) and Arnaud Ducret. Here they take the place occupied by Raph at the beginning of the series: protagonists taken against their will in an adventure through time that seems to overcome them.
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Their role, however, is very different from Raph’s. Where the latter embodied a young simpleton and passive, Alice is the opposite of her, invested in the climatic issues of her time. Gilbert, for his part, perfectly embodies the image of the forty-year-old tired and disinterested in these matters. Sad character, more blinded by personal interests than him.
In this way, François Descraques paints a coherent picture for us. An “after” of the series that he knows how to bring references to those who want to catch him without ever being insistent. The film even allows itself to resume elements present in the book and in the manga, feeding its scenario in a discreet way.
A link to the past
So what to think of this son of the internet who is now confronting the large family of French cinema? An industry that is often judged, sometimes wrongly, by reproaching it for its worn-out comedies and its lack of ambition in genre cinema? It is true that beyond Jean-Pierre Jeunet and Quentin Dupieux, French films are struggling to really get us out of our comfort zone. Even if a new wind has been blowing for some years, especially around Julia Ducournau and her Palme d’Or Titanium.
The parallel of this output with that of the first part of Kaamelot it must have been mentioned many times. After all, this is another example of the story that swapped the series format for the big screen and also had a loving community of references. Except that Alexandre Astier’s film had been criticized for not reaching the layman enough. Obviously a difficult exercise to refrain from developing a plot forged in a decade to make it public. Is it necessary to stem the potential of certain protagonists, then risking, on the contrary, to face the dissatisfaction of the fans?
Rewritten several times, François Descraques’ script holds up perfectly here. By presenting them in turn, during exhibition scenes highlighting each of them, The visitor of the future provides brief summaries of its main characters. There is no need for insistent flashbacks, it is easy to understand the threads that intertwine between this multitude of faces. The trick is successful, while at the same time setting aside some intrigues that have no place in this film.
Because the story wants to be concise to allow the more cautious spectators of genre cinema not to find themselves too confused. We are faced with a fairly classic science fiction comedy, enriched by a profusion of special effects and a sense of drama and emotion dominated with intelligence. Points that were already the hallmark of VDF during its evolution in serial format. The contract here is maintained with all the experience gained over the years.
The future of the visitor
Successful bet? This is what the near future will tell us depending on whether or not the film hits theaters. What remains certain is that today many encourage the approach, beyond the film itself, in the hope of daring a French cinema less cautious in risk. Especially at a time when UFOs are liked All everywhere all at oncealways so rare in the face of an overproduction of obsolete products, they are enjoying great success, both in terms of esteem and commercially.
The visitor of the future it will in turn become a real irreducible, having cost 10 to 15 times less than a film Asterix without being stingy with VFX of all kinds? Will he be entitled to one or even more sequels to clarify the many intrigues scattered throughout the story? However, the work seems to have found a comfort zone on the big screen, while pursuing more than ever an ecological reflection.
Oh the beautiful green!
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The film has thus, unknowingly, become a pure product of its time. Where the threats of acid rain were, in the first seasons, a vague threat that allowed to direct the intrigue of the scenario, the feature film ends up taking a more serious attitude in the face of the climate emergency. Alice is a worried and caring character in which Raph, in his time, did not have the awareness of thinking about tomorrow.
The visitor of the future it is not simply a work that was lucky enough to be in the right place at the right time. He is the son of the Internet who was worth more than he claimed from the start. His chance today is an opportunity for everyone to be able to discover it at the cinema and dive into the adventure.
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