“Cerrone, Supernature” on Canal+: the majestic return of the pioneer of the French touch

It's the story of a son of Italian immigrants who settled in Vitry-sur-Seine (Val-de-Marne) who was not destined to become a musician, let alone a pioneer of a genre that would make entire generations dance: disco, French touch version.

Olivier Lemaire's documentary on Marc Cerrone traces the extraordinary life of an ordinary man, who was often snubbed in France, even reviled, perhaps precisely because he wasn't part of the inner circle. A man from the periphery. Neither Parisian, nor intellectual, nor cerebral, Cerrone is a hyper-instinctive, self-taught artist who moved forward without ever developing a strategy. What's striking in Olivier Lemaire's intimate portrait is the nerves and joy that the 73-year-old continues to feel when he takes the stage for DJ sets around the world, after more than fifty-five years of career, in front of an audience that hasn't aged.

“By revisiting his career, of which I knew almost nothing ,” says the director, “I discovered a depth and complexity behind the very show-off character. And an extraordinary life, so dense that we had to make choices. We couldn’t tell everything! What I found interesting was this contrast between his very popular aesthetic, even old-fashioned for some, and his trajectory as an iconic musician who influenced, sometimes even without knowing it, great underground artists.”

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