Le chameau avec Jean Reno

"Jean told me: 'I want to do what I have never done before. Say out loud in public a text that I will have written. Tell my life, my journey. Be alone on stage. Sing.'

In his text, Jean recounts the birth of an artist. His journey is chaotic, and the road from Casablanca to Hollywood features several sharp turns and even a few runs off the road. Jean speaks candidly of the highs and lows of this profession, which is as disruptive in failure as in success. He speaks of his struggle to find a balance between his private life and his professional life.

Jean speaks of the seriousness with which he has always approached his craft and the asceticism required by certain roles. He talks about the encounters and sentences that shaped his path and form these foundations. He tells us about his origins and his ghosts.

Nothing here is dogmatic, Jean does not claim to hold the truth, he speaks from the heart.

To illustrate this journey, I chose a black-and-white then color comic-strip world that will serve as a backdrop for this life story. These images, like the 8 songs that set the tempo of the show, will hopefully contribute poetry to this special moment.

I try to create a show that resembles Jean: unclassifiable, human, and poetic."

- Ladislas Chollat, director.