A gentle, funny French mockumentary about a 1960s pop star now playing to fellow septuagenarians while on a tour circuit, Guy stars the film’s director, comedian Alex Lutz, as crooner Guy Jamet. The film opens with a shaky shot of Jamet as he is approached at an outdoor café, where offscreen (fictional) director Gauthier (Tom Dingler) pitches the idea of filming Jamet in his life and work. What Jamet doesn’t know is that Gauthier has a personal reason for this project. But will Jamet learn what it is before Guy ends? The film serves up Jamet’s history as a vintage star (Lutz plays Jamet both in his prime and old age, the latter under impressive makeup), while capturing him with his former wife, current girlfriend, and with fans taking selfies. All of this is good fun, although there are moments where the film runs a little deeper, touching on Jamet’s accrued life wisdom and absence of delusions about his legacy. Some in-jokes about French pop culture are likely to go over the heads of non-Francophiles, but most will find this to be an engaging film. Recommended. (T. Keogh)
Guy
Icarus, 101 min., in French w/English subtitles, not rated, DVD: $26.99, June 4 Volume 34, Issue 5
Guy
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