The Marching Band

En fanfare
Emmanuel Courcol

A pair of brothers (Benjamin Lavernhe and Pierre Lottin), separated in their infancy, are reunited unexpectedly as adults and grow closer when one brother, a world-famous orchestra conductor, decides to help nurture the other’s nascent musical talent.

DIRECTOR
Emmanuel Courcol
YEAR
2024
COUNTRY
France
RUNTIME
103 minutes
LANGUAGE
French with English subtitles
ORIGINAL TITLE
En fanfare

Q&A with composer Michel Petrossian on March 11

They couldn’t be more different: Thibault (Benjamin Lavernhe) is a world-famous orchestra conductor and pianist; Jimmy (Pierre Lottin) is a blue-collar kitchen worker who plays trombone in the local marching band. Separated in their infancy, the two brothers are reunited unexpectedly as adults and, after some initial friction, find themselves growing closer when Thibault decides to help nurture Jimmy’s nascent musical talent. An equally hilarious and affecting crowd-pleaser from Emmanuel Courcol (The Big Hit, Rendez-Vous 2021), this Cannes favorite draws equally nuanced and sensitive portraits of affluence and working-class life in the northern town of Lille to bring texture and substance to a universally resonant story about the power of family. At its center are a pair of sparkling performances from Lavernhe and Lottin, two of France’s most promising rising stars.

The Marching Band
The Marching Band
The Marching Band

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