Pierre Naftule, farewell to a French-speaking master of laughter

He was taciturn, but he made generations laugh. He was shy, but when he loved, it was life and death. He might be chilling at work, but his shows were hilarious. The Genevan Pierre Naftule died on Saturday at the age of 61, following five years of fighting once morest a terrible degenerative disease. He embodied, until 2017, Review, this show which, every autumn, puts Rodolphe Töpffer’s city news into the mixer. He was the producer, the director, its co-screenwriter, the Mel Brooks of the end of the lake – and God knows if he liked the farce and catch spirit of the director of Producers.