Doria Tillier claims that she met Iris after Canal+, in the person of Maxime Saada, the president of the channel’s board of directors, gave her a very vague assignment for a project. “I had seen my short film The Diagonal de los Locos, remembers the progenitor ofIris, and he liked it so much that he bought it. They told me “propose something”, I asked them to give me a deadline. »
The central character was born from this desired limitation and from the anguished observation that “People will say anything to avoid disagreement.”founded by Doria Tillier throughout an intense career (Miss Météo on Canal+, Madame Adelman alongside Nicolas Bedos, unworthy mother of Kimmy Diore on children are kingsto set some milestones).
Iris, a budding youth teacher and author, works against this practice. Her propensity to honestly express her opinion, for example about the culinary skills of the friend who receives it or the relevance of her editor’s advice, complicates her life: romantic, professional and social. “People told me they found her hateful.”the interpreter and the director confess in surprise. It’s true that Iris is moving, overcome with a guilty conscience as she sees the effects of her addiction to the truth on her loved ones.
From burlesque to melancholy
Doria Tillier finds a family connection with Larry David, author and central character of Larry and his belly button (Curb your enthusiasm), the Hollywood misanthrope who has just retired after twelve seasons. “Larry David doesn’t seem hateful to me, he’s spontaneous”Doria Tillier specifies, before quoting a phrase “by an English author” (Horace Walpole) which he apologizes for having used in other interviews: “The world is a comedy for those who think, a tragedy for those who feel. »
“Iris oscillates between the twocontinue, and this oscillation sets the tone of the series. » This is how we go from burlesque (a fabulous sequence at a social evening) to the melancholy of the last episode.
Comedy according to Doria Tillier, “It is the language that interests me, the one I prefer to transmit messages” – and one of the messages he wants to convey is that of love. In the series, Iris meets (literally on a sidewalk, at night) a man who could be her father. This character is played by François Morel, unexpected and perfectly precise.
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