Jean-Pascal Zadi: “I wanted the big trip to be anchored in Africa of 2025”

“They are forced to invent the wakanda, to pass the thing …” against the current of the Hollywood approach, the filmmaker of Ivorian origin wanted to leave room for the continent, “to propose another point of view: that of Africans”.

For its second achievement, Jean-Pascal Zadi Take off for the cosmos, embarked on a Pan -African mission intended to save humanity. With The Great Movewhich is released today in theaters, he continues his exploration of a cinema that is both committed and popular.

In line with Simply black,, The Great Move juggle between comic and politics. And this time, Zadi Injects a breath of adventure, a spacecraft, and special effects …

“I did not try to surprise at all costs, but rather to make an entertaining, exotic, immersive cinema object”explain Jean-Pascal Zadi in a large interview with Firstto read in number 564 (July-August 2025).

“So far, whether with my first film or with the series In placeI was in a realistic, daily, close to us universe. There, I gave myself a kid’s dream: suspense, the cosmos, a robot, and jokes. And then, I was a little fed up with these science fiction films where it is always the West that saves the world. I wanted to offer another point of view: that of Africans “.

Because the actor born in Bondy and of Ivorian origin admits to being tired of the Hollywood approach of Africa and confides his desire to highlight the continent as he is.

“I like Black Pantherfor example, but they are forced to invent a country, Wakanda, to pass the thing “he analyzes, before continuing: “Me, as the son of African, I suffered a lot from this trend that Western fiction in inventing countries in Africa to install his stories. Wakanda, Zamunda, Botswanga … It is a way of” re -enchanting “the continent, as if his reality was not interesting enough, or too anxiety -provoking.”

SO Jean-Pascal Zadi absolutely kept that his Large trip “Or fully anchored in Africa in 2025. With heroes worn by a quest for decolonization, eager to free themselves from a system that stifles them …”

Find the full interview of Jean-Pascal Zadi in the new first issue (July-August 2025). THE Large trip has been to be seen in the cinema since June 25.