Kamil Razat. “Emily sometimes mistreats me in Paris. “The casting directors don’t want to see me anymore.”

Among the phenomena, the role is a blessing and a curse. It pushes as much as it stamps.However, it only takes a day with Camille Razat and a little curiosity to understand the extent of his universe; while he loves fashion, the 30-year-old is also addicted to video games and is passionate about boxing. The films of Yorgos Lanthimos, Ruben Ostlund or Andrea Arnold. Emily in Paris not his life.

“The Emile label doesn’t bother me at all, and it’s opened crazy doors for me. But the series is part of an extended, fantasized reality. It’s the opposite of French auteur cinema, and it sometimes works against me. casting directors don’t want to see me anymore. But I’m staying the course and I’m lucky that some people think outside of the box.

Directors Valentine and Frédéric Potier were right to see him as a tragic and hard-working man rather than a fashion influencer wonderful Camille Razat and Melanie Robert play two musicians inspired by the Pleynet twins, piano prodigies whose rise is halted by an orphan disease that affects them one after another. Resigned to a future without music, they invent a technique that allows them to play four hands sharing the scores.

“The classical world is not mine, I rather listen to rap, I’m not a musician. I was starting from scratch. I was undereducated, but I followed eight months of training with trainer Claire Wien to learn hand choreography.’ The preparation is all the more enjoyable because he and his partner have been friends for ten years.

Shining a light on women

“What struck me about this film was the mirror play between the sisters, Melanie and I, the father and son directors. It’s also a brilliant story of resilience and hope that asks these important questions: How to overcome pain? Sisterhood is one of the answers here, and in such an individual world, I consider mutual help and imitation to be a familiar concept to her. Two years ago, Kamil Razat founded the company Tazar, with which he produces short films, commercials and videos.

“The profession of an actor is quite lonely, you are always waiting for the phone to ring, you are available. I wanted to be a driving force with people whose talent and vision I admire.” Which is naturally inclusive. I’m surrounded by brilliant female directors and cinematographers. But equality is a balance. I also want to carry the voices of the men I’m interested in, and everyone in between.”

He has, for example, produced a short film about abortion, supported films in Wolof, Russian, English or French to represent all faces of the world, and through his own music label called Soupire Records, accompanies the group Gennre, which is meaningful. a name assigned by relatives. He also wrote his first short film before moving on to feature film. Is it a way to open your eyes to your own creativity and desires? This is not what Tazar is about at all, but it can’t hurt to be active in your career. In France, we are used to putting people in boxes, and I refuse to close I want to play characters that help me grow as an actress and as a person.”

In The missing from the station, The Disney+ miniseries, directed by Virginie Sauvre, will see him investigate the case of Jacques Ranson, the Perpignan train station killer who raped and murdered young girls before removing their breasts and genitalia he will play alongside Pio Marma with the sorceress.“I only make my choice when falling in love, not because there’s an audition or anything like that. Fear is also my driving force. I prefer challenge to comfort, which risks repetition and fatigue.”

This barometer has always been his. Camille Razat embraces everything that life throws her way.A model since the age of 2, she dreamed of being a war correspondent in her teens. But at 18, she came across a Facebook ad for Cours Florent and decided to try it on a whim, to discover, to break out of her natural modesty.

“When I was a child, I liked to dress up and organize shows with my friends, but acting was not a profession. I am not from a family of artists (father works in aviation, mother is a sophrologist, Editor’s note) I fell in love with this profession, I found my calling. My voice too.”

An agent noticed her thanks to the school’s casting director, Sherazade Benadi. Very quickly, Kamil got roles in television and movies (rock and roll by Guillaume Canet, love is a party With Canet and Gilles Lelouch, 15:17 to Paris, by Clint Eastwood.) Back The old blonde Jew she dares to go on stage alone, a dizzying and demanding exercise that already shows her courage and depth at the age of 24. I was obsessed with this text by Amanda Steers that alone.”

On our Paris walk, he naturally mentions the Théâtre Maturin as the cornerstone of his journey, before directing us to other places in the capital that he loves. “At Montberon, near Toulouse, I dreamed of Paris. For me, it was Disneyland. Today, it’s my home. I love the richness of this city, but I also prefer it to the superficiality. But I grew up in the countryside, and the only thing missing is a nearby anchorage so that I can breathe better from time to time and disconnect from this energy-consuming routine.”

WonderfulBy Frédéric and Valentin Potier, with Camille Razat, Melanie Robert, Isabel Carré…
Emily in Parisseason 4 on Netflix.