[on
Le roman de Jim (2024)] The publisher sent us the book. We were a bit reluctant because we had the impression that it was a psychological, sociological subject, a social fact about an unnatural father. But as soon as we got down to writing, there was a kind of familiarity, a kind of character spirit, a complexity. Genre is like a compass. With our previous film, it was the musical, this time it was melodrama, but a melodrama that isn't manufactured, but simply comes out of life. Because over 27 years of existence, there are bound to be heartbreaks. It's a melodrama, so emotion was needed, but it had to come from the characters, and therefore from the actors, and not from manipulation. We didn't want sadness or nostalgia, but an emotion of accuracy.
