The Marching Band
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Short description
Thibaut is a world-famous orchestra conductor who discovers he was adopted and has a biological brother named Jimmy. While Thibaut lives a life of luxury, Jimmy is a worker in northern France who plays the trombone in a local band. Despite their different social backgrounds and personalities, the two men are connected by their passion for music. After finding his sibling, Thibaut recognizes Jimmy's exceptional musical abilities and seeks to help him find a new path in life.
The film was directed by Emmanuel Courcol, following his 2020 movie The Big Hit. The screenplay was written by Courcol along with Irène Muscari and Oriane Bonduel. The movie stars Benjamin Lavernhe as Thibaut Desormeaux and Pierre Lottin as Jimmy Lecocq, with Sarah Suco, Clémence Massart-Weit, Ludmila Mikaël, and Anne Loiret in supporting roles.
Produced by companies including France 2 Cinéma and Agat Films & Cie / Ex Nihilo, the production had a budget of 6 million USD. It performed well commercially, earning 26 million USD at the worldwide box office. Audience reception has been positive, with a rating of 7.4/10 from 6,600 votes on IMDb and 7.3/10 from 522 votes on TMDB.
What's left behind the scenes
- The role of Jimmy was specifically written for Pierre Lottin, but in the script he was the older brother, and finding an actor for the role of Thibault proved difficult. They had to make Jimmy the younger brother, after which Benjamin Laverne was cast as Thibault.
- The film was shot in the north of France. Regarding which orchestra to invite for the filming, director and screenwriter Emmanuel Courcol consulted with another director who had previously filmed a documentary on a similar topic in the same locations. Courcol and other filmmakers, as advised, went to watch one of the orchestras rehearse, and after the rehearsal, they shared a couple of beers with the musicians. The musicians proved to be very friendly, and their rehearsal space was exactly as Courcol had imagined it, so the orchestra issue was resolved.
- Pierre Lottin plays percussion, guitar, and piano, making him a suitable candidate for the role. However, he was taught to conduct an orchestra for four months before the start of filming and during filming. Pierre Lottin learned to play the piano independently. Before filming began, he practiced the trombone for a long time in order to convincingly portray amateur trombone playing during filming.
- Sarah Suco (who played Sabrina) plays the accordion, and she took trumpet lessons before filming.
- Several years before the release of "Brothers in Harmony," Emmanuel Courcol participated in the work on the short film "Confetti on Concrete" (Aurian Bondue and Marie-Sophie Chambon, 2017) about a group of majorettes and their orchestra in the north of France. The orchestra made a lasting impression on him and inspired him to write a story about the conflict between a conductor with a classical education and the musicians of a typical orchestra playing in street parades.
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