The man who ate French television alive — until it ate him back.
Dark suit, white shirt, earpiece and wooden plate ..., his style remains anchored in the collective memory. Favorite host́ of the French during the 2000s, ideal son-in-law successful producer, his rank of star and flayed́ alive have caused him to burn his wings and lose his feet. This documentary evening recounts the breathless life journey and the twists and turns of Jean-Luc Delarue's career. Telling Jean-Luc Delarue is to tell several lives, the ambivalence of the character publicly strong, powerful and ambitious, but ultra-sensitive and tortured in the intimacy.
Editing
Brutal archive juxtaposition — peak fame against final interviews.
Acting
Delarue himself: performing even when he stopped performing.
Director
Christophe Janin
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Delarue invented the French talk-show format 'C'est mon choix' — daytime TV that treated ordinary trauma as spectacle, prefiguring reality TV's explosion.
The wooden plate he famously used to bang for silence? A prop he stole from a restaurant and never returned. It sold at auction for €8,000 after his death.
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