In “That’s Paris!”, Alex Lutz plays the heir to a cabaret that he is ready to sell. A series on the journey of a man and behind the scenes of an artistic discipline specific to the capital. The series is broadcast every Wednesday on France 2.
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Alex Lutz plays an unpleasant cabaret owner that he inherited from his father and is about to sell to a supermarket company. But like This is Paris, it is first of all a fairy tale, it is something else that will happen in this new series initiated by Dominique Besnehard, already at the origin of Ten percent. The journey of a cabaret owner is what first interested the actor Alex Lutz.
“I found this kind of character very cool, a bit at a loss at the start, who has to find a way to reveal himself, but who will reveal himself stronger through others, and with others. And through this cabaret in difficulty , he said to himself: maybe I’ll sell it, it’s too heavy an inheritance and all of a sudden, on a sort of strange impulse, he said to himself, come on, I’m going to go anyway. “
But in This is Parisit is above all the backstage of the cabaret that fascinates: the intrigues among the members of this boat, from the manager to the star dancer, the editing of a new revue. This is also what interested Alex Lutz.
“It’s true that cabarets are a heritage page in Paris. They have huge challenges ahead of them, because they are such heavy shows to work on, to produce, to hold, to perform every day, it must present a slightly magnified form of the city, and a bit of a tourist spectacle. But how to reinvent yourself in this? How to be in your time? I find it a really interesting subject.
This is Parisit is also in a way, a return to basics for Alex Lutz, the famous Catherine of the duo Catherine and Lilliane In The Little Journal on Canal +.
“The work that exists with cross-dressing existed in cabarets. It exists in cabarets. Catherine and Liliane, they were really characters that we wanted the public to see as women. I’m used to it. J I like the costume, the fake stuff added, all that, I love the mask work, and it’s a connection to the body which is great too.”
That’s Paris! a series also with some guest stars like a succulent Line Renaud or a very “tomboy”, Monica Bellucci. A series that knows how to shine when it needs to. The episodes are all available on the France TV platform.
