Pierre Lottin, free electron of French cinema. “Like all actors, I failed at school since the 6th grade.”

1:^eh In July 2011, Pierre Lotin appeared in the cinema for the first time in the voice of Duck Duck. He plays Wilfried Tuche in the first part of Olivier Barrou’s family saga. “Pierre Lotin was obvious to me because he was inventive; he was inspired by aliens; Mars attacks. by Tim Burton to create the character of Wilfrid and I thought it was great. Since he had never acted in a feature film, he was still a little fiery and did not know the technique, but he gave a great performance,” says the director. With its 1.5 million receptions and its 3 (soon to be 4) suites, Toucher could put Pierre Lotin in the genre, but without counting on the actor’s foresight.

“I saw it coming, I told myself I’ve got to do a drama that contrasts a little bit Toucher and now I’m filming with Francois Ozon,” says the man who is the poster of the picture When does autumn come? from the French director. This is their second collaboration since then Thank God. In this new film (in theaters October 2), Pierre Lotin plays Vincent, the son of Marie-Claude (Josiane Balasco), who has just been released from prison. Hired by Michele (Hélène Vincent), her mother’s best friend, she will explore her conflicted relationship with her daughter (Ludivine Sagnier).

Actor and pianist

Pierre Lotin owes his taste for cinema to his father, a bounty hunter and filmmaker. Baron Munchausen, Back to the Future, Shine, A Clockwork Orange…and I developed a cinematic culture at night watching cable TV.” His model. Jim Carrey. He also dreams of one day working with Albert Dupontel, Kervergne and Delepin “together and separately”, or even with Jean-Baptiste Leonetti (White square, out of frame).

In the meantime, the public will find him on the bill on November 27 With a kiss by Emmanuel Kurkol, in which he plays a trombonist who discovers he has a brother (Benjamin Lavergne) who is an orchestra conductor. If Pierre Lotin claims that he played the instrument very badly, he admits that the pianist’s ear helped him. Because in addition to being a talented actor, the thirty-year-old is an excellent composer and plays the piano. A passion that comes from his mother, an artist welder. Creative and sensitive, Pierre Lottin is also deeply human. “He’s very alert to the personality of the director and the actors before taking on any project, there really has to be chemistry between them for him to make the move because he likes to connect with others. on set Tuchehe went to the teams, the extras, the passers-by… he likes to interact with people,” recalls Olivier Baru.

Large family

Pierre Lotin undoubtedly gets this taste for the collective from his big family. Born in Issy-les-Moulineaux in 1989, he grew up with 8 brothers and sisters. Before him only boys, after him only girls. “When there are 5 of us^e of siblings, we build ourselves up like the middle child, meaning we make sure everyone is united. We are a small tribe, we are very close to my brothers and sisters,” says the actor. Has her success made her a household star? “No way. I take it very lightly, my family sometimes sees my films, but I don’t make a big deal out of it. In general, I don’t put myself above or below others, and I do things with my family,” he says. It must be said that he has been engaged in this business for sixteen years. like all actors, I failed in school from the 6th grade.^e but I applied for correspondence courses up to the first grade. I finished everything and told myself I was going to join the army, but I ended up joining the Cours Florent. And when he first arrives on the set, he tells himself that “it’s obvious, holy logic.”

First movie with a wife

Pierre Lotin is gradually building a strong filmography. After Tuchehe has directed 25 films including hits like Victory by Emmanuel Kurkol, Presidents By Anne Fontaine, or even 12 at night By Dominique Mol, as many short films as well as about ten series, including some very successful ones Of grace By Vincent Maël Cardona worn by Olivier Gourmet. It will be displayed soon we will goEnya Baru’s (Olivier’s daughter) first film, a comedy about the end of life, and The Tuche. God Save The Tuchedirected by Jean Paul Roux.

What’s next? He would like to go for characters “between comics and drama, like Gary Oldman Sid and Nancy By Alex Cox. Roles that are colorful, lively, funny, that are not half-hearted.” But the project that drives him most now remains Jojo, Samuraihis first film, which he is currently writing with his wife, actress Melissa Izquierdo. And since his parents taught him to “put the infinitely large in the infinitely small when it matters to him,” Pierre Lotin isn’t done surprising us with his genius.