Tony, in his fifties, a school bus driver, lives alone after having abandoned his wife and child twenty years earlier. Shaken by a heart attack, he finds the courage to face his past and enroll incognito in the dance class led by his daughter, whom he has never known. Here is the story of the new film directed by Franck Dubosc. Both funny and tender, the director gives Louna Espinosa a chance, in her first film role. He also gives the answer to colorful secondary characters: Jean-Pierre Darroussin, Marie-Philomène Nga and even Michel Houellebecq!
➤ How did you get the idea for this film?
Franck Dubosc: “I wanted to have ballroom dancing as a backdrop, which I found as funny as it was outdated. And then, I realized, by taking an interest in it, that it was ultimately no laughing matter. That was real discipline. Which changed my writing. I…