“Un Petit Troc en Plus” is the most popular French film of the decade Al Khaleej Newspaper

Paris – (AFP)
The film “Un p’tit truc en plus” crossed the barrier of 10 million viewers, three and a half months after its release, thus becoming the most successful French cinematic work of the last ten years, according to what was announced by the distributor and its director. . Saturday.
Sudden success
“It is very fake that the film will have 10 million viewers on my birthday,” said the 37-year-old actor Artus, the director of this amazing film, on Saturday.
The first film Artus, which was shown in cinemas from May 1, had already achieved, after only a month since its release, to become the most attractive French film in houses -play from the Covid-19 crisis.
This year, the film topped “Inside Out 2” and “Don: Part 2,” occupying the thirtieth place in the list of cinematic works that attracted the largest number of viewers in history box office in France, and twelfth place on the list of pictures. the most important successes in French cinema, according to his distributor.
A rare achievement
For Artus, whose real name is Victor Artus Solaro, the dream is now to reach the threshold of “11.5 million viewers achieved by the film Corneo” in 1965, in which Bourville and Louis de Funes .
By reaching the threshold of ten million viewers, the actor achieved a performance that has become very rare, especially in recent years.
Over the past ten years, the films that have achieved this feat in France can be counted on the fingers of one hand, and they are mostly American.
The list includes “Avatar: The Way of Water” (2022), “The Lion King” (2019), “Star Wars 7: The Force Awakens” (2015), and the French comedy “Kiscouna Vie aux Bon Dieu” (2014). ).
Denial of credit
This success seems to be a tribute to Artus, who had trouble finding a producer to finance this film, which those behind it say is “the first work that makes people laugh with determined people. “
Clovis Korniak and Artus play the role of a father and son who hide in the middle of a summer camp for young people with mental disabilities, to escape from the police.
The team includes about ten non-professional actors with determination, as well as professional actors.
The comedy film was sold in about fifteen countries, and also participated in the Cannes Film Festival in May.