« Has a techno concert, I felt like I was undergoing a cardiac massage » – Liberation

Cesarized in 2016 for his film Fatimathe director follows the chaotic course of a teenager in the series Nismt, currently available on the platform Arte.tv. A wonder, according to a true story.

What is the first disc you bought adolescent?

Goats Head Sig des Rolling Stones (1973). My mother who only knew the Rolling Stones by the way the newspapers spoke to them at the time, was very afraid that I would not start to drug myself.

Your favorite way to listen to music?

An enclosure with a magnificent restitution of sound, which can be moved or take everywhere, which was offered to me by Laurent Fenart, the leader of my films.

The record that everyone loves and that you hate?

I attended one day half of a techno concert and I felt like I was suffering from a heart massage. But if people like that, free to them.

The disc to survive on a desert island?

Nina Simone At Newport (1960). When I was twenty years old, I had her recordings on cassettes and I thought she was singing in front of her microphone while being accompanied by a pianist, who played near her. Until I understand that it was he alone that produced this incredible vocal gushing and this extraordinary virtuosity on the piano at the same time. She often irritated herself to be perceived (because she thought of the color of her skin) as « a jazz pianist », when she recalled the requirement of her classic formation. I assume to say here that she is for me the greatest pianist of all time, all categories combined.

Is there a label or a record company to which you are particularly attached?

Staxwho edited Otis Redding and Carla Thomas.

What disc cover do you want to supervise you as a work of art?

Stincky Fingers Rolling Stones, designed by Andy Warhol.

A title that you would like to hear at your funeral?

I can't get no (satisfaction) Rolling Stones.

Do you know what the metal drone is?

Do you prefer discs or live music?

Both, alternately. It's like writing and turning. During the folded period succeeds the live momentum.

Your best concert memory?

I like a concert memory ofIngrid Caven where we were not very numerous. With a friend, we went to see her and she welcomed us with open arms saying: « Yes ! Yes ! Come tell me that you loved me! « 

Are you going to dance to dance, flirt, listen to music on a good sound system or do you ever go in a club?

I think I haven't been in a club since my first year on college in 1977.

Your favorite musical film or your favorite film music?

Favorite musical film: The Umbrellas of Cherbourg. Favorite film music: those of Ennio Morricone. I who do not use accompanying music on my films, if Morricone still lived, I would write a western to ask him to make the music. I do not know much who is equal in power and lyrical size on images on the big screen. There is also Amine Bouhafa, who composed the little wonder that accompanies the credits of the series Nismt.

What is the record you share with the person who accompanies you in life?

One, two, three suns: Khaled, Taha, Faudel.

The last disc you listened to in a loop?

Several titles of Russian dolls of Lej, including one, Acrobat, is used in the series Nismt.

The group you would have liked to be a part?

If only I had been given my chance! I could have brought my riffs to the Rolling Stones, to The Cure, to Noir Désir?

The song that always makes you cry?

Without it going so far as to shed tears, tenderness By Bourvil, for its interpretation without any artifice (in its image), so simple and so poignant.

What are your three favorite songs?

Nina Simone, In the Evening by the Moonlight (1959). Barbara, Every time (1967). Bob Marley, No woman No Cry (1974).