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Quenard’s Surreal Docu-Fiction ‘I Love Peru’ Hits French Screens

It showcases his absurd self-portrait with cameo appearances that blur fact and fiction.

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Overview

  • I Love Peru, co-directed by Raphaël Quenard and Hugo David, opened in French theaters on July 9 as a hybrid of documentary and fiction.
  • Quenard plays an unpredictable, ultra-opportunistic version of himself pursuing a condor and consulting a shaman in Peru.
  • The film includes luxury cameos by Jean-Pascal Zadi and Michel Hazanavicius in key sequences.
  • Quenard’s frenetic presence across TV, radio and cinema coincides with more than 50,000 copies sold of his best-selling novel Clamser à Tataouine.
  • Media coverage highlights the tension between the actor’s unconventional background and his on-screen showmanship in this latest project.