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La Tentation D'un Charme Suranné / Fading Gigolo De John Turturro Document generated on 10/01/2021 8:15 p.m. Ciné-Bulles La tentation d’un charme suranné Fading Gigolo de John Turturro, États-Unis, 2013, 98 min Marie-Paule Grimaldi Rayonnement international du cinéma québécois Volume 32, Number 3, Summer 2014 URI: https://id.erudit.org/iderudit/72196ac See table of contents Publisher(s) Association des cinémas parallèles du Québec ISSN 0820-8921 (print) 1923-3221 (digital) Explore this journal Cite this review Grimaldi, M.-P. (2014). Review of [La tentation d’un charme suranné / Fading Gigolo de John Turturro, États-Unis, 2013, 98 min]. Ciné-Bulles, 32(3), 47–47. Tous droits réservés © Association des cinémas parallèles du Québec, 2014 This document is protected by copyright law. Use of the services of Érudit (including reproduction) is subject to its terms and conditions, which can be viewed online. https://apropos.erudit.org/en/users/policy-on-use/ This article is disseminated and preserved by Érudit. Érudit is a non-profit inter-university consortium of the Université de Montréal, Université Laval, and the Université du Québec à Montréal. Its mission is to promote and disseminate research. https://www.erudit.org/en/ CRITIQUES côté et se révèle excellente dans ce premier rôle américain, parvenant à émouvoir par moments dans cette fable anecdotique et tendre qui évite les drames. Car ceux-ci auraient pu être présents, les thèmes consistants ne manquant pas à l’appel, entre la solitude, le veuvage, la pau- vreté et la force de l’amitié, sans oublier la prostitution. Mais tout est abordé avec douceur, voire une certaine candeur, ce que permet un protagoniste masculin. Un même scénario avec une héroïne princi- pale aurait probablement tourné à la tragé- die ou aurait été vivement critiqué pour la Fading Gigolo légèreté de son traitement. Turturro en de John Turturro profite plutôt pour en faire un éloge de la sexualité, de la quête d’amour et de l’inti- mité, tout en demeurant bien inoffensif et La tentation d’un fleuriste. Murray raconte que sa dermato- très genré sur les enjeux de la séduction. logue (Sharon Stone) aimerait faire un L’acteur comme le cinéaste n’a jamais dé- charme suranné « ménage à trois » et cherche un homme daigné plonger dans les côtés sombres de MARIE-PAULE GRIMALDI pour l’expérience. Murray propose l’idée à l’humanité, mais cette fois, l’affection pour Fioravante qui, d’abord hésitant, accepte, en cette dernière domine, sans réelle critique. partie pour briser sa solitude. Voici donc le Depuis le milieu des années 1980, John fleuriste transformé en gigolo et l’ex-libraire Pour Fading Gigolo, John Turturro a de Turturro occupe une place de choix comme en souteneur, bon vendeur, allant jusqu’à toute évidence choisi de se faire plaisir plu- acteur dans le cinéma américain indépen- convaincre une belle veuve hassidique (Va- tôt que de se démarquer, ce qui est aussi dant, marquant celui-ci grâce à des rôles nessa Paradis) de se laisser approcher… une affirmation cinématographique en soi. concoctés par les frères Cohen ou Spike Mais celle-ci est surveillée de près par Dovi Vieux jeu, mais non complaisant, plus mi- Lee. Auréolé d’un charisme et d’un talent (Liev Schreiber), un patrouilleur amoureux gnon que repoussant, ce film dénué de ma- singuliers, sa bonne étoile du cinéma le suit prêt à protéger sa pureté et ses chances de turité est rempli d’un amour du cinéma et aussi sur son parcours de cinéaste, alors prétendants. De cette situation découleront d’un attachement pour ce qui a été il y a que son premier film, Mac, remporte la Ca- quelques rebondissements d’un style pro- peu encore. Si l’on ne peut vraiment re- méra d’or au Festival de Cannes en 1992 et fondément new-yorkais. commander de faire le détour pour l’attra- qu’Illuminata s’y retrouve en compétition per, on ne peut non plus reprocher de s’y officielle en 1998. Avec Fading Gigolo Les clichés sont nombreux dans ce film et laisser tenter. (Apprenti Gigolo), fort d’une distribution le regard posé est déjà vu, scène de tango distinguée, il signe un cinquième film, cette incluse. La ville natale de Turturro est fois sur le mode mineur, une comédie dra- montrée dans les angles typiques de ses matique classique dans son traitement, communautés bigarrées, ses parcs et ghet- mais moins dans ses thèmes; il met ici en tos sur fond de jazz, rappelant les films de scène une exploration de la romance qui Woody Allen, au point de frôler l’hom- sait plaire, comme une révérence à une mage. D’ailleurs, ce dernier incarne un rôle époque sur le point de nous quitter, articu- sur mesure, Woody jouant Woody, de lée autour du plus vieux métier du monde. même que Sharon Stone très libidinale ou encore Turturro en homme ordinaire qui Le sujet est clairement établi dès les pre- « offre de la magie aux esseulées ». Ces par- États-Unis / 2013 / 98 min mières minutes du film. Dans un New York titions ne réinventent rien, mais fonc- RÉAL. ET SCÉN. John Turturro IMAGE Marco Pontecorvo MUS. Abraham Laboriel et Bill Maxwell MONT. apparaissant à travers une pellicule vieillie tionnent parfaitement, comme pour affir- Simona Paggi PROD. Bill Block, Paul Hanson et qui s’éclaircit rapidement, on trouve Mur- mer que, malgré les années qui passent, ils Jerey Kusama-Hinte INT. John Turturro, Liev ray (Woody Allen) qui ferme sa librairie, sont toujours sexy-drôles-séduisants-bons. Schreiber, Sharon Stone, Woody Allen, Vanessa Paradis, Sofía Vergara DIST. Métropole Films aidé de Fioravante (John Turturro), son ami Vanessa Paradis compose davantage de son Volume 32 numéro 3 47 .
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