The interview

Kad Merad, Patrick Timsit, Permis de detruire: Eric Fraticelli Reveals the Behind-the-Scenes

June 17, 202648:3442 958 views on YouTube327 likes
Kad Merad, Patrick Timsit, Permis de detruire: Eric Fraticelli Reveals the Behind-the-Scenes

Éric Fraticelli talks about the behind-the-scenes of Permis de détruire and his thirty-year career.

What is said in the show

Denis Carreaux welcomes Éric Fraticelli on the occasion of the release of Permis de détruire. The guest explains the connection between this film and Permis de construire: Didier Bourdon's character is no longer there, replaced by Patrick Timsit's, accompanied by Kad Merad as a village psychiatrist. Fraticelli recounts how an improvised taxi scene about the film Gravity, shot with Kad Merad and Patrick Bosso, led Warner to offer him the chance to write Permis de construire and then to direct it. He discusses Philippe Corti and Jean-François Perrone, the behind-the-scenes of the shoot, the fits of laughter and the Afghan walk. The Pile ou Face segment covers what life has taken from him, his phobias of insects and feet, his vision of the future and his admiration for Louis de Funès and Bernard Blier. He looks back on his childhood in Lupino, his shyness, his doctorate in philosophy, his encounter with theater and the creation of his duo with Jacques Leparati. He talks about the clan, his daughter on screen, box-office records in Corsica and his show, including at the Olympia on January 7.

Chapters

  • 0:00Introduction of Éric Fraticelli
  • 1:32Permis de détruire, connection with the first film
  • 3:24Kad Merad, Patrick Timsit and the Gravity scene
  • 9:00Philippe Corti, Jean-François Perrone, filming
  • 13:59Pile ou Face segment
  • 25:00Childhood, philosophy, early days on stage
  • 34:12Corsica, humor and box office
  • 41:00Show, social media, projects
  • 47:00Tour dates and film release

Key moments

« You can watch Permis de détruire even if you haven't seen Permis de construire. You'll understand everything perfectly. »

Éric Fraticelli · at 2:00

« Laughing with someone is not the same as laughing at someone. I don't want to hurt anyone because to make 100 people laugh, if I have to make one person sad, that displeases me. »

Éric Fraticelli · at 21:50

« The ability to make people laugh allowed me to find my place among others while at the same time putting a mask over my shyness. »

Éric Fraticelli · at 26:01

« Le Clan had 63,000 admissions, which is huge because we are about 350,000 people. So Éric Fraticelli is bigger than Spielberg. »

Éric Fraticelli · at 43:33

« Louis de Funès is someone who gave me the desire to make people laugh, even though I didn't want to do this job, but the desire to make people laugh like that on a daily basis. »

Éric Fraticelli · at 23:35

« I am an entertainer who offers people the chance to have fun for a moment. »

Éric Fraticelli · at 20:44
Page written by the newsroom of Pile ou Face from the transcript of the show of June 17, 2026. Quotes are those spoken on air, at the indicated timestamp, kept in the original French with a translation. Nothing outside the show is added.