To see in the cinema: a “different” Romcom with the amazing Jehnny Beth

What is it talking about?

Katia is a brilliant 35 -year -old documentalist who shows singularity in her way of living her relationships, all more or less chaotic. His participation in a new report finally leads him to put a word on his difference. This revelation will upset an already complicated life.

Different is a Romcom like no other! A “different” romantic comedy as the title immediately announces. The film by Lola Doillon seduces first thanks to this particularly endearing couple: the duo is formed by Jehnny Beth, seen in particular in the Olympiads and the Split series, and Thibaut Evrard, hero of the Paris 1905 series and Escort Boys (whose season 2 has just been released) in particular.

A couple “hard -hitting“As our microphone underlines, the tandem of actors encountered for the promotion of the film.”How can we face the tests?“, they summarize. The tests they are going to face are the result of this” difference “at the heart of the film. Katia (Jehnny Beth) will indeed discover late that she is on the spectrum of autistic disorder and that will put her couple in difficulty, but also and above all change her way of understanding everyday. And simply putting words on her feeling of gap.

A love story with its differences and trials

“”The diagnosis will help them understand their difference. They are constantly fighting with that. She doesn't want to move with him. She doesn't want to come in the evening. She doesn't want a lot of things she doesn't want to do. We can't live like that, and at the same time, he loves her. “

So there is this narrative common thread, on this couple. And in parallel, the discovery of this feeling of difference. “”I wanted to go on a love story, a sentimental story between two peopleexplains to us the director and screenwriter Lola Doillon, about the genesis of the film. What interests me is the interaction between people, humans, feelings. And on the other hand, I had been offered several subjects on autism, but I did not understand why, I who am not necessarily very close to this subject.“”

She continues: “I realized that I knew nothing about autism and I did a bit like the character of Katia. I inquired to discover this more feminine form of autism, perhaps more invisible or invisible, which spoke to me. (…) Or rather A form of autism that we know less well and which does not enter into the criteria that we have of the representation of an autistic person. (…) It was talking about the difference. To say to yourself “In the end, how do you live your love story when you are different and when you don't get in the codes.“”

I am a bit of living proof that this film has an effect on lives.

Like Lola Doillon, Jehnny Beth knew little on the subject before seizing the scenario: “I was quite ignorant on the subject of autism in general. I did not even know that there was a spectrum. All these things appeared to me by working. We had a year between the casting and the shooting. It was great to have time to read, to watch everything that was in film, in series, in documentary, everything I could find. To meet people too. Who have happened to me too, as with each spectator of this film.“”

A female character rarely portrayed in French cinema

Different stages a character rarely portrayed in French cinema, because the subject of the autism spectrum is envisaged on the feminine side. “”Autistic people are often treated a little more caricatured, a little more “colorful” in their specificity. It is true that it was not my goal. My goal was really to show why these women are not diagnosed or poorly diagnosed … because they seem strange, aside, bizarre. Themselves often do not manage to identify themselves as a author, because we are not aware “, explains Lola Doillon.

For this film, Lola Doillon has made a long documentation work, while avoiding the sum film or the backrest film. The director immersed herself in the subject, and then get rid of it and imagine this fiction. The spectator can project himself, question himself, his entourage … The film can be used as a family discussion support. “”It is absolutely open to everyone. I think it can talk to everyone, even if we don't know anything. It's not a “specialized” film, it's not a documentary either. It is really a film that speaks of feeling first, which speaks of a love story and that talks about difference.“”

Note that a campaign will surround the release of the film. It will be deployed to raise awareness and mobilize around autism, especially in women. “Driven with associations of people concerned and autism experts, this campaign intends to break stereotypes, encourage a earlier diagnosis and promote a more inclusive society”. Projections-debates are planned everywhere in France, educational tools, online resources, meetings with associations …

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