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For me Michael is a superhero.

A real-life superhero.

I thought that's exactly what I want to represent.

To give off the same fire.

You're ready to fight your whole

life to have this feeling on stage.

With the same energy he put into it.

A new documentary is

reigniting questions about the life

and legacy of pop icon Michael Jackson.

Creepy. Crude. Coarse.

And, yes, compelling.

Headlines these days, though

are less about him being king of pop.

More about him being king of the kids.

There are calls to stop playing

Michael Jackson's music.

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People can say what they want. He changed the world.

I see him as a mentor,

as a man before a god.

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If I can recreate each one of his tours,

try to capture all the technical details,

so the world can see how perfect he was.

I want to achieve a level of detail

that may seem crazy and obsessive.

That's just how I am. It's all or nothing.

That's my rule.

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Goddamn, it burns!

I think pulling hair out is worse than getting a tattoo.

My girlfriend epilated me last time I got a tattoo.

It hurt more than the tattoo.

I'm getting Michael Jackson's signature tattooed.

The one in the 88 Moonwalk book.

A biography that Michael wrote himself.

That's the book that changed everything for me.

The guy went through some tough times due to self-esteem issues.

I went through a bit of the same journey.

I heard it inside that it was the same thing.

As if Michael were speaking to me to say:

"Look at me. Look how I was thinking."

It saved me. It was a lifesaver.

Every day of my life.

How does that feel?

Feels good!

I think it's done.

It's so hot.

I find it very funny.

Now we're going to give you

the old songs, the old fashioned way.

(vocalisations)

(vocalisations)

So yeah, we have a new investor.

He's probably going to be

the whole producer of the show, or

at least a co-producer of the show.

The plan is to do around 6 to 10 shows with him.

After around 6 to 10 shows, we're gonna have enough footage

to go ahead and go meet the people in L.A.

This guy knows almost everyone from the estate,

and he knows where to get them, where to go to meet them.

And showing them the footage,

so the idea of the show

and take it from there, okay,

those people can have some words,

they can say, look, this guy is

authentic in the way he's doing it.

We can do something with him.

You know, it's good for them to have someone.

We can put the name of Michael Jackson back up.

It's a business at first for them,

but for us, we're more than that. So...

Put in your mind that this

exact footage will be shown to,

to all those people who were working

with Michael. They will see this.

They will all see this footage.

We have one year.

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Frédérick Dufour?

Hi, Frédérick. Nice to meet you.

I'm doing well. - You can follow me.

Perfect.

So, Frédérick, please explain to me

what kind of treatment you expect, what you'd like to get.

What I'm looking for is having the same smile that Michael had.

In 88. I have a picture here.

That's what I'd like to have.

Excellent. We could arrive at that.

We can't do it with just orthodontics.

We'll have to do it by including maxillofacial surgery.

So when we'll put the appliance here to widen it,

all the space we'll create will be

concentrated between these teeth,

dead centre, so in your face,

you'll see a gap between your two upper middle teeth

where a pen like this, one can easily go through

and it will take between 6 and 12 months to close that gap.

The second surgery is much more invasive,

because here, the upper and lower teeth

are tied together with bands,

so you won't be able to open or move your mouth

for a total of about two and a half years

of work to arrive at the final result.

(tense music)

(hefty door opening)

(footsteps)

Fred is totally an inspiration for me.

(lively dance music)

When we started dating, a lot of people would tell me:

"Fred is lazy, Fred doesn't have a

9 to 5 job, he'll never succeed."

And the fact that he had such a clear idea of where he's going,

it... as you'd say in French, it flabbergasted me.

And surgery, I am convinced that,

once that's done,

a weight will be lifted off his shoulders, completely.

It's so sweaty.

You're tenacious.

You asked for it, deal with it.

So, alright.

It goes down to here.

I can only describe the relationship

he has with Michael as...

magical.

I've never seen someone understand someone

without knowing them.

OK, go. Do it.

My plan A is dancing for Justin Timberlake.

Yes, I want to dance for other artists,

obviously, who'd say no to that?

But really, my target is Justin.

You're crazy!

You're really crazy!

The two of us, we're in this dynamic

of building our dreams together.

Even if for a while, we're on two different tours,

in the end, we're both accomplished in our lives

and in the dreams we've had since we were kids,

so I think, does it get any better than this in a couple?

♪ T, E, M, P, T ♪

♪ E, D, tempted, ♪

♪ I was tempted, ♪

♪ Tempted by your smile, I was tempted, ♪

♪ And for a little while, I was certain, ♪

♪ That I would be the one to change you ♪

♪ And you will be mine ♪

♪ You will be mine ♪

♪ I was tempted ♪

♪ But tempted I'm no more ♪

♪ I've attempted ♪

♪ What was never done before ♪

♪ Drop the curtain ♪

♪ See no one ever changes no one ♪

♪ Farewell and goodbye ♪

Are you feeling a little better?

Yeah, let's go slowly.

Can you open the door?

Yes.

Come on, love. Don't drink until you're there.

Oh God. I'm so swollen.

Wait until you're home before drinking and eating.

OK.

Until you're there, so if you get sick, at least...

Good? Then you can go. Good luck!

Bye, have a nice day! - Thank you.

(dribbling, spitting)

(phone ringing)

Hello, son.

Come here, Bernard.

Don't force yourself to speak.

Don't force yourself, you don't need to talk.

I had a nosebleed.

Yeah, clearly.

Get some rest. We'll talk...

when you can speak.

Take care of yourself.

Don't cry, Frédérick, or you'll have to blow your nose

and you'll get another nosebleed.

You'll have a nosebleed.

So...

Talk to you later.

Frédérick.

I love you too.

See you on Sunday.

You too.

I love you to.

We love you.

It'll pass. - Yeah.

Yeah.

Bye! - Bye, Lulu!

Yeah.

I'll open it.

Yeah, I can't drink it like this.

They've helped me so much.

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(indistinct voices)

Frédérick has always been a little rascal.

First time she feeds her little brother.

He's a very nice and attentive boy.

He ate a lot of chocolate, but otherwise he was very nice.

He's a good little brother.

He was a quiet little boy who played his video games.

Not a lot of friends, rather lonely.

Kind of solitary. Even at school,

he didn't have a lot of friends.

Come on, say it!

Say hi everybody!

Hi, everybody!

We followed our parents a lot,

in bars.

We jammed with the musicians. It was an experience for us.

We also learned about the world of music there.

I don't know why, no one in his friend group

had the same passion, had the same drive, musically.

No one.

He never gave up. He was always like:

"I'm doing this, I'm doing this."

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I was 16 years old

when he started getting passionate

about Michael Jackson.

Yeah.

Like this, like this.

And then, you... OK.

You put your hat on.

He wanted a mirror.

He wanted the lighting

to dance like Michael.

And we thought, it's just for fun, it'll last a couple weeks

and then it might end.

That's how it started,

and then he latched on to Michael and he never let go.

So it was really...

a personal development for him where it hit hard.

Where he found a personality, where he found himself.

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Of course, people are going to say:

"Well, he thinks he's Michael,

"and now he's wearing a hat..."

I couldn't not believe in him.

Impossible.

At one point, Frédérick told me:

"I can feel Michael Jackson live on inside me."

I was scared, then.

I didn't want him to lose himself as a person.

And that's what kind of...

put an end to our sibling friendship for a while.

For a while, I'd lost him and I asked him:

Who are you?

You're not my brother, who are you?

A lot of people are in a bind, they don't know what to do.

notably those who impersonate him.

And this is the case with my guest tonight, Frédérick Dufour,

who's been doing it for several years,

and who is a little shaken by all this.

He's here with me. Good evening.

Good evening. - Listen,

two people are saying that he's a paedophile.

I know, I know.

Don't you ever feel like saying:

"I'm going to tap-dance instead"?

Because you've already lost gigs because of that?

I lost some, it hurts.

It affected me more than I thought.

I didn't expect this impact.

Michael really is my source of inspiration.

Here I'm talking about Michael Jackson, the artwork.

OK, so you see a difference. That's what's being debated.

Exactly.

Can we separate the art from the artist?

- And you say we can.

I would simply say

that depriving people from seeing or hearing him

won't solve the problem of paedophilia.

I agree with you,

it's up to people to decide if they want to listen to him.

But you're uneasy, defending Michael currently.

He has flaws, of course, but to say that he's done things...

as terrible as this? From my point of view,

I don't believe it.

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I'm not aiming to copy him.

How I feel emotionally when I watch him,

and when I replicate his things,

that's exactly how I feel when I hear the same sounds.

If I can reproduce each of the tours he did,

and then do it all in order,

the same order as him,

and tell myself when I'm 45 or 50 years old,

if I've lived a similar journey, on the scenic front,

I think I'll have gone a long way at the end of my career.

One thing's for sure: I'm here to reproduce his art.

What he did best.

Not the worst he might have done.

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(urgent pulsing score)

I'm doing Uber Eats for one reason....

With what's happening right now,

I won't be able to do anything else.

In terms of contracts, there will be none.

Given the situation we are in.

Even if I wanted to do corporate gigs, it would be impossible.

Since it's impossible to make contracts,

I said to myself why not take the opportunity

to collect money for my surgeries.

All surgeries in full...

should cost about 35 thousand dollars.

I think it's a very easy way,

as I don't need a schedule, I don't have a boss.

You go in whenever you like, you leave whenever you like.

It's easy.

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(music ends) (distant sirens)

What are you making? Mommy's nachos?

No, I'm making fajitas.

OK.

Did you buy the... the powder?

No, I'll add my spices.

Damn, it's tough, making a financial plan

when whenever you do anything, it never goes your way.

It's either COVID or the government or...

Yeah, you've got bills to pay, you have a show coming up,

you've got operations. I mean, at some point...

I'm thinking that...

I'll be able to work two or three days a week.

Let's say I work 10 hour shifts

to get my paycheck every week.

I think it's a very easy way.

That's more than enough to invest in the show.

Even with this, I'll get it done.

And even if you do five, just to pay everything off.

Yeah, I know that.

But I need time for practice too.

Of course. If you could, for a while, just get it over with.

And I wouldn't need to do this job

if I didn't need that second surgery.

That alone is $15,000.

Damn. - 15,300 or so.

Do you realize that's a down-payment on our house?

But it's fine.

It's very fine. - I know.

We've set up the board.

Yeah, there you go.

We'll have to find a way to market it properly.

There you go.

You know, Fred, that's something that people...

have probably never seen. A carbon copy of a show,

especially here in Quebec.

And... that's what you bring.

You know your show is unique.

So go for it, and like, go!

All in!

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We constantly practice trying to reproduce

the costumes that Michael wore on stage.

First of all, all my costumes are just tests.

I still have nothing that I consider finished.

Which one should I start with? That's the question.

In '87, '88, at the beginning of Thriller,

Michael wore that jacket.

That's a shirt that Michael wore for MJ & Friends in '99.

So, this is the shirt from "Jam."

The fact that it's custom-made is really important.

This is a gift from my girlfriend that she got online.

It's really a website that sells Michael's costumes, not ebay.

But, there's a catch...

Unfortunately, it's not real leather.

The finish has nothing to do with what Michael had.

In '88, Michael had more contoured cuffs.

But these ones are way too wide.

But if Michael does it, I'll do it.

For example, Michael didn't have a white border here.

Michael's was much longer.

It gave the impression that when he threw his punch here,

it had more impact, it was more aggressive.

That's really a cheap version.

But honestly, this one is good.

Truly, I would have to be picky.

What else. The shoes are Florsheim.

I would need three types of soles like Michael had.

All the fans who see this would be like,

"Oh my god, where did you find that?"

If one detail is neglected, you neglect another afterward,

and in the end, the result is not the same at all.

Overall, I would say...

$25 000, $30 000.

You know, at the same time, I was thirteen when I started.

At the beginning, you don't have a big budget.

I've put money into this over the last four years,

from twenty to twenty-four years old.

That's when I started putting more money into it.

(jaunty percussive score ends)

(distant sirens)

And how do you define yourself?

As an artist?

Just like the Cirque du Soleil,

what I want to do, at large,

is take the word "homage" and redefine it.

But you have to start somewhere,

because right now, you have nothing.

But this is the theme of where I'm going.

The first thing we see when we look you up,

the first thing I'll search

is "Quebec's Michael Jackson."

I found everything except you.

- Yeah, that's true. - And then I was told...

What's your Facebook username? - Truthwalker.

True?... Walker? - Truth.

I came up with it when I was 16 years old.

I didn't want to be found.

Up until not so long ago...

OK. - I didn't want to be found.

Did I want to be seen? No, I didn't want to.

I wanted to wait. - To make the right move.

When I saw myself on Denis Lévesque, I hit the brakes.

I went no, no, no.

First off, I didn't have... It was everything.

It wasn't just my face. It was my weight, everything.

It's dumb, but I notice it a lot.

My hairstyle, that simple.

My hairstyle, I thought: no, it's not working.

The way I did my makeup,

my teeth, working on that, it's not done yet.

I'm in-between, my teeth are white now,

it's harder to move them, they're still shifting.

They shifted my jaw, they...

My point is I could see it.

I didn't see that it was off, but I studied him

and I went: OK, that's what's off about my face.

It wasn't about being a freak.

Do you think you might be studying too much

and you'll never get this started?

I thought that for a while, but I'm not there.

I've noticed that when I... - It's a question.

Yes, yes, you can ask it.

When I do something, I start it, and I finish it.

OK.

I'm telling you, I have the starting point and the end,

but I have no damn idea how to get there.

I'm telling you, it's sincere.

OK, I've got more or less

the first step forward and that's it.

OK? So I'm thinking, once the nose is done,

there's a timing.

There's a momentum I can catch there, for sure.

You'll attract curiosity, that's for certain.

And the first thing you should sell

is the physical appearance that you'll have.

If you went with makeup and it wasn't perfect,

forget it, people will think:

"He doesn't look like Michael Jackson."

The rest won't follow.

I'm glad you're saying this.

The rest won't follow.

But that's just it, people ask me: "Why are you doing this?"

Because if I really want it to work,

I'd never have my career...

Yeah, but you're going all in.

Yes, that's it.

(gentle keyboard tapping)

(phone ringing tone)

(indistinct dialogue)

Hello.

I am... Am I with someone who speaks English?

We can contact on WhatsApp.

So we can talk like that.

Okay.

Can we talk on the phone or not? - Okay. Okay.

(phone ringing tone)

Texting, texting, texting

Good Morning

Hello? Can I. Hello?

Can I speak to someone?

I tried to call on your phone number,

but I didn't reach anyone.

I.... I don't speak, understand English.

What's up? What's up? Write me?

Write you?

(phone ringing tone)

Hello?

Hello! Am I with Doctor David...

Davtyan?

Er...

Yes. I don't speak English.

Russian, speak Russian.

(phone ringing tone)

Hello?

Hello, can I speak to someone who speaks English?

Yes, yes I do.

Okay. Cool. Nice. Okay. So, yeah.

So basically, I'm from Canada.

I'm 24 years old.

I'm a Michael Jackson impersonator,

and I'm looking for, to do a surgery for, for my nose.

And no, it's not... It's not what you think.

It's not the Michael nose from 2009

or like, this kind of a

stereotype nose that Michael had.

And I was looking for a surgeon in Turkey because I know there,

they seem to be more...

into the type of nose job I'm talking and I'm looking for.

So...

First of all, thank you for choosing Doctor Saban.

- Thanks. - Secondly, please...

-Send me your pictures. -Yeah.

So I can show it, show it to the doctor.

So, and then I will tell you if it's possible

to have Michael Jackson's nose or not.

I know it sounds crazy this way.

Okay, I'll show the doctor the pictures and then let's do that.

All right. Thanks a lot.

Have a good, have a good day. -You’re welcome.

All right. - Thank you.

Bye bye.

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It's been about...

seven years visualizing, saying I need to do this.

I have to.

Why not do it?

I used to dislike my weight, I was overweight.

I changed it.

This is a physical change done with operations.

I won't be another guy thinking I'm someone else over this,

I just want to realize this vision and I'll make it.

(atmospheric music)

A true, authentic person

is one who sees their vision to the end.

Michael was like that.

If my parents weren't here, I wouldn't come back.

I was born here.

I left at the age of 16.

When I come back, I'm in the past.

Every time I see people from here,

and I tell them what I'm doing...

Whenever someone ends up doing something in Montreal,

they figure you've succeeded in life.

You've succeeded, you're in Montreal.

And even if you're living in a dance studio's closet,

for instance, or in a cardboard box,

or whatever, in a penthouse, there's no difference.

They don't think about that.

It's a kind of thought that's like...

very surface level.

Like, throw stuff at the wall and that's it.

When I see people, it's always like this.

Always like: "How are your shows going?"

"Is it going well? Not so bad?"

But it's never any deeper than that.

This is "Les Chutes" high school,

where I did grade 7 and 8.

I had the worst times of my life there.

One of the worst moments was...

when I passed out in front of everyone

because of the shame I felt,

of being myself,

in the middle of a class.

And to make me vomit on myself and wake up in a wheelchair.

My parents were there, and my mother was in crisis.

I have hit rock bottom.

I've had some serious suicidal thoughts,

wondering what I'm doing here?

What am I doing in this world?

And when you have no idea what exists elsewhere...

It hits hard.

To think that it's the only thing that exists in the world,

it creates a despair that is so profound.

I wish this experience to no one.

That's all I have to say.

That was me. Huh?

That's my face right here.

No, that's Michael. - That's me.

They're pictures of my face.

OK. And they'll make you like this?

Yeah. - Damn.

So you're going for your nose. - Yeah.

- And a few other things after that.

I told you, I've shown you my whole timeline.

You've got... not the chin.

Chin, jaw, forehead.

The... the forehead. - With the eyes.

Yes, the forehead. - Damn.

You're doing Michael, not Frankenstein!

And this isn't done yet.

What did you have done last time? The jaw?

The upper jaw. - The jaw?

They cut here.

Right in the middle here.

I don't like knowing this.

I don't want to know that.

Don't tell me what they'll do! - Yeah!

No, don't tell me what they'll do.

Don't go into details. Just say: "They'll fix me up.

"They'll fix the bumps in my chin."

That's all. - And the forehead.

What they do is they cut here and then...

Dammit. - He doesn't want to know!

I don't like it.

It's no use, I can't get two sentences in.

He can't stand it!

I can't stand it, it's no use.

You and me, it was a perfect match when we first met.

Oh my God, yes!

You were stressed out, meeting us

when Fred first brought you home.

Yeah, I was.

And you had to learn line dancing

if you wanted to come to the Christmas party.

It was the ultimate test. - You had no choice.

No, that's it.

But while you were shy at first,

you fit in with the family right away.

And we developed an intense complicity, too.

Yeah, yeah.

And you talked to me about Fred a lot.

And you cried, and...

What are you talking about?

Like when Fred talked to you in a certain way...

Oh my God, yes.

Hey, don't talk to her that way!

You can't talk to people that way.

Yeah.

And sometimes, after a year or two,

you tell me about things that I didn't realize.

Yeah, of course.

It was like I made myself a... - A shell?

No, but I'd made myself a shell for how he talked to me.

Because I wanted to harden myself to it

because I didn't want him to talk to me like that.

No, it's not pleasant. - No, it's not.

Look at his little face.

Such round cheeks!

(laughing)

Charlie does that too.

Yes, my God, yes!

Yeah, he was little.

How old was he, a year and half?

Yeah, more or less.

We can't see the date. - Check out his face!

My father and I are in agreement.

Mom is a dreamer and Frédérick is her idol.

And she wants him to go far.

That's normal, it's a mother's heart.

Dad wants that too.

But he's more like me: down to Earth,

a bit more, climbing the ladder one step at a time.

You can't go too fast.

And Dad was very worried,

because for a while, when he went to Montreal,

he'd move a lot,

he had no stability, no job.

I thought Mom spent a lot for Frédérick.

You know, she bought his cars.

I'd say: Mom, you're working for Fred.

He has to learn the value of money.

He didn't want to.

He'd say he didn't want to come down to our level.

He said: "I'll never go down to your level."

And I said: excuse me?

My level is bad for you?

I work, I do my things.

I have a house, I have my little girl, I have my family.

What's my level?

(bus passing) (brooding music)

Every morning I'd get up to go to school

and it took more effort.

It's like a long, long silence

and at the same time, in your head, it's torment,

chaos, a tornado.

I skipped classes because the classes were boring,

but beyond that, because I always felt alone.

I didn't want to be alone.

If that's life, I don't want it.

It was... heavy.

It was long.

(brooding music)

He was bullied, it wasn't easy.

I picked him up at school almost every week

because he was ill, because of his anxiety.

It started changing at that time.

When you repress too many emotions,

eventually, it comes out.

When I met him, he was a guy with dreams who charged ahead,

but sometimes, he charged ahead and he hurt himself,

he hurt the people around him a little.

I had a hard time with my emotions.

You want to make people feel what you felt.

That's when he started to lose himself completely.

It hurt to see...

Excuse me.

It hurt to see my parents being sad as well.

Leaving angry, seeing my mother cry.

It's never fun. Seeing your mother cry is never fun.

Seeing my brother fight with my father,

going for the throat,

that was huge too.

Yeah, it hurt me,

to lose him, to lose my little brother.

To lose that little blond kid.

The blond kid who made me laugh when we played together.

I no longer knew who he was.

(brooding electronic score)

By clinging to Michael, the day Michael died,

it was like it exploded.

But you can't tell a child that age

to give up, or "What are you doing, that's ridiculous!"

No, because at least, we had him back.

He was our little guy.

(brooding electronic score)

(brooding electronic score)

(brooding electronic score)

(aeroplane engines)

(gentle rhythmic score)

We're here!

Where am I?

Yeah, where am I?

Oh no.

Damn, wow!

Impossible, no way!

You're kidding me!

Oh man, check out the view!

Oh my God! It's crazy!

(lively rhythmic score)

Your shape and your figure aren't like Michael.

You won't age like Michael.

No matter, they don't know how much effort he's put into this.

It's his life.

He wears his past on his face.

Mentally, that's torture.

It's fine to get your nose straightened and remove a bump,

but there's a line you can't cross, for me.

Now he's there.

He's learned so much,

and now it's time for him to flourish.

Now he just needs...

You're not Michael.

You're Fred.

I don't care if people don't agree with me.

This is how I want to be.

And with everything I've done to make it to this result,

I won't stop halfway.

(lively rhythmic score)

(pained expressions)

(awkward breathing)

(pained expressions)

Oh shit!

(laughing)

(humming, masking pain)

I’m singing, it’s less painful this way.

You leave it there.

-Yeah. -Stay there?

No don't want it to stay there.

Oh my god, I can’t bend my arm. Please remove it. No?

She doesn't understand what I’m saying.

I don't like this at all.

(tense underscore)

I have cold sweats, I don't like this at all.

If I have to go there like that to negotiate with him,

it'll be damn hard, I tell you.

I have to show him my pictures.

That's the thing, I have to show him the documents.

I don't understand.

I quickly got the feeling that they wanted to rush it.

I don't like this. I really don't like this.

Damn, I don't like this.

Goddamn garbage!

Love, breathe.

Breathe, love.

No, I don't want to talk to him, I'll just flip him off.

Why would you flip him off?

Because I'm pissed off!

I don't understand, I don't like this, you know.

But Fred...

You need to change your attitude.

You have to go through this.

Whether you like it or not.

(tense score)

You can either do it in a pleasant way

or an unpleasant way.

(indistinct dialogue)

(tense score)

(tense score crescendos)

(score fades)

(faint bubbling)

(low rumbling)

(phone ringing)

Hello, love!

Hello, bae.

How are you?

I'm fine.

I can't cry because it'll hurt the results.

Hey.

The anaesthetic was really strong.

And I puked and all.

Oh my God, OK.

So yeah, it's done.

It's cool, right?

How do you feel?

I look so beautiful.

(TV sound)

It's cool to think that I was there not long ago

and it was the same place.

Look at the people running, it's crazy.

Earlier, I was in the truck, and I was thinking:

it was crazy, the people ran alongside him like this,

and we passed by this stadium, the exact same stadium.

Every time I do something like this,

whether it be seeing his costumes,

meeting his brothers or people who worked with him,

being in contact with people who were close to him,

all these sorts of things...

every time, they show me that

the dimension between him and me

gets thinner and thinner and the contact gets closer

to being able to link the two.

It feels good. Every time.

(reflective, melancholy score)

(reflective, melancholy score)

(score fades)

Hello.

It's fucked up.

It's quite intense.

Is that your nose?

That's it.

It's really beautiful, huh?

Damn.

You'll eventually get it.

We'll fix that.

Well, yes.

I love you. I love you too.

So, was it worth it?

For sure.

I couldn't have expected anything better.

Impossible to have anything better than that.

I was looking at Michael's nose in the pictures,

and the structure is the same.

The only thing,

it's clear that I'll have it redone to be

straighter because it's not perfectly straight.

No, I understand, but it's already less...

It's clearly less bad than it was.

He has improved it a lot.

He had told me that it was impossible

to straighten it in one go.

It was still a hundred stitches though.

Check how it changes my face and my eyes.

Do you see the difference in my eyes? I do.

No.

He managed to make it look natural

in his Michael-esque way.

Yeah, yeah, yeah.

He's damn good.

The proportion to my face is perfect.

He really managed to size it just right.

Yeah, with your teeth and everything, it's going to be...

No, but now your smile is already wider.

It seems that now, with your nose, it looks even wider.

Since my nose is smaller, and my eyes look bigger.

I don't know where it comes from.

Let's say it's because of that.

We'll wear him down over time.

It's a big step.

Once I agreed to be his manager,

that was the moment when I...

accepted that deep down, I could take him to a stadium in Japan.

Basically, in November 2021,

we were contacted to have Fred do a dance show.

And then, three months later,

we learned that the Jacksons would be part of the show.

(vocalisation)

My role in all this was to put in place,

the team he lacked.

First time is:

Still, they hate you, You're a vegetable,

You're just a buffet, You're just a buffet,

You're a vegetable, You're a vegetable,

They eat off of you, They eat off of you,

You're a vegetable, You're a vegetable... Ow!

(vocalisation)

(upbeat music)

I started this adventure there, before I even knew Fred,

when I supervised teams in a recycling factory.

I'm certain he'll succeed.

Guys.

What I wanted to say, first off, like I said before:

there's a huge difference between the first practice

and the second one that we're doing now.

That's obvious, and props to everyone for that.

We can even give ourselves a round of applause.

We've done a damn good job!

I'm so glad.

I'm so glad. Now.

We never know what will come back from that show.

We don't know how it will end, when we finish the show,

what will happen.

One week later, one month later, no idea.

OK? We're kind of in limbo on that front.

But for what we know,

we know we want to book Olympia,

we're currently working on that

for next week so we can export the show

as quickly as we can, OK?

It's possible that we get an offer very soon after that.

It won't be much.

I'm not talking about 35 shows right away.

But we might get something.

We might get something that we'll either need to film

or just perform in front

or whatever, OK?

Thank you, I love you.

Let's do it. Thanks.

(upbeat music)

In 2016, I met all the brothers in full.

It was during a show in Montreal.

I went to see them at the end.

While shaking their hands, I told them,

That I would do everything in my power

to bring their brother back on stage.

One day, you guys will come to see my show.

They felt that it was sincere.

It wasn't like, 'I just like

imitating your brother on stage.'

It was more like, 'I'm going to dedicate my life to it.'

And pay tribute to his art to the fullest.

I have the chance to do the after-show of the Jackson Five

at a festival in Montreal called Strangers in the Night.

So, finally getting an opportunity like

this is like a once-in-a-lifetime thing.

I cried like a baby, it's a childhood dream,

beyond the business aspect of it.

Yo, they'll leave the stage

and you get on.

It's insane!

And the Jacksons will do their greatest hits,

and then we get on with their brother's hits,

back-to-back, it's... anyway.

To me, that's priceless.

I don't care, we're doing this, hands down. I don't care.

It'll be extraordinary.

It'll be crazy, doing the opening act for the Jacksons.

I'll be there for sure,

with my boyfriend and daughter.

We have friends who'll be there.

It's the fulfillment of a beautiful project.

He's been waiting for this for so

long and working so hard for it.

Of course, it's fatherly pride.

It's the pride of saying: Look,

you've been watching him for a while,

not really believing in it,

but at least, now there's proof.

Not everyone makes it to the National League.

We'll be 13 on stage.

Five musicians,

four dancers,

three backup singers,

and me.

it's costing us close to 27,000.

I've paid for my surgeries, I've paid for much of my costumes.

I'm not paying that with coffee. Not at all.

Coffee pays for my daily living.

It's a way for me to unplug.

Otherwise, the rest of the production costs

goes to my manager.

He's my associate, he pays for all this.

These costumes, I've received...

This one came from New York.

And the other one, it came from Spain.

The belt I'm wearing for the show is from Colombia.

And of course, there's always adjustments to make.

So I come here. This is the best place I've found.

They're awesome. They're super nice and all.

It's great.

Oh, but now. OK.

It feels a bit weird.

The biggest problem we face,

Fred and I, is financial.

It's not a small show that we perform in bars.

We need resources,

and these resources, it's through borrowing.

I calculated the forecasts for the next five years.

If we manage to achieve half of what we planned,

our company will be valued at over 20 million US dollars,

within the next five years.

However, financially, we don't have any of that at the moment.

(lively music) (lively music)

(mid-tempo lively music) (mid-tempo lively music)

The goal of the trip to L.A.

is to meet people who have marked Michael Jackson's life.

And we have no doubts about their receptivity.

I want to approach people who have worked with Michael,

so that it can be a form of mentorship.

That's what we do when we want confirmation of our work.

I want to feel that it's progressing.

So I can truly make some headway afterward.

Cause I would love to have your point of view,

if I do have the same...

What's important is, is because it's still you.

- Of course. That there's still you.

Because that's honestly the best kind of tribute.

So when people understand, “I'm doing

this because this artist did this

and I'm doing this to honor them.”

You know, and I'm doing it...

It's coming through me to honor them.

I think that's, that adds something special.

Yeah.

Going back to... because you're not trying to be them.

No.

And that's what's really important because...

I was around him for five and a half years,

and I couldn't do some of the stuff

he did because he was always evolving.

He was always changing, but we all had our own things.

And one and two

and three and four

and it goes, so it goes...

(vocalisation)

Yeah.

And he always kept this foot this way.

Yeah. - Oh... okay.

- Yeah

- I'm learning. I'm learning. That's great.

Right now your energy feels, it's strong.

It's going out in a thousand different directions.

It has to be only here like a laser beam.

So that like, every time you do

something it's really super focused.

So they have to come...

They have to go like this to you?

So it's hitting them

with all of that energy. But...

like that instead of like... - Yeah.

(vocalisation)

-Does that make sense? -Yeah. totally.

Because like while watching I was like, oh no, it's all there,

like it's all there.

It's just finding that...

plus you won't be as tired and you will be, but you won't be.

Yeah, yeah.

-I won't lie to you. -No good.

I was like, “Oh, he's going full out!”

One time with you, I'm going to do it full out.

-That's amazing. -Thank you.

All right. Yeah.

Thanks - For sure.

(bus passing)

(traffic) (busy streets)

Michael's here.

I want to see the size. We have the same size hands.

We have the same size hands.

And the feet, man?

No, my feet are bigger than Michael's.

It's me, actually.

That's right.

A little bigger, yeah.

Ah, no.

It's not that bad. It's just right, man.

It's insane!

This is fun.

Oh shit!

-Of course -You know it.

Oh. Bro. - Yeah, man.

You’ve found a challenger.

Following me man?

Give me the cue. A kick. Three, four.

Yeah Micheal, I love you, bro.

Me too man. Take care. Thank you.

I’ve been an impersonator for 20 years.

That’s good.

He changed my life.

-Yeah, you did great. -He changed my life 100%.

I got all the costumes, the gloves, everything.

And I love the suit as well.

-Where are you from? -I'm from Montreal, Canada.

-Awesome, man. -Thank you, thank you man.

Thank you very much. -His star is right there.

(busy streets) (vibrant waltz score)

You want to see, like, something like this.

Boom!

What's your name? What's your name?

Chiara. -Chiara?

Nice to meet you.

(vocalisation)

That's it. You got the picture.

(indistinct chatter)

Hello, we are on the Hollywood Boulevard.

And I am with my friend Michael Jackson.

Can you say hello to my friends?

Yes! Hi to you!

(vibrant waltz score)

(waltz score ends)

(background chattering)

Yeah.

When I was on the engineering team,

it's a little tiny group of people.

And you're very close.

And I call it a cocoon.

And I never really knew the fans.

And I never even really knew

the impact that Michael's music was having on the fans.

For me, it was making a great sounding record,

and I was proud of it.

In a year, you'll all know his name.

Freddy Dufour is an incredibly

talented, Michael Jackson impersonator.

I had a nice little chat with Freddy earlier.

Freddy's a cool guy, so I'm glad you're here.

And, I can't wait to see where you go from here.

(applause)

And so L.A.?

I can see that there's a...

I just want to try. - But a change is happening.

Something's going on.

Something's happening.

It's all good, really. I have nothing bad to say.

I appreciate it. I'm very grateful

for everything that's going on

and I'm thinking: go, let's do it, we're on.

That's it.

Once you've explained, it's how you feel,

that's what we're asking you. - Exactly.

What's going on with the team?

And how does...

That's what your parents will tell you.

Yeah, you know it.

You already know your parents will stay.

Alright, we're here. Both of us.

Hello! - How are you?

I'll be straight with you.

The Jacksons' managerial team

is a Canadian company.

It was Larry who got the message,

the managerial team doesn't want us doing the show.

Ah. - That's rough.

That's it.

And I...

No way.

No way.

Yes, it's true, dammit!

It's like...

It's... it's like...

Wait a sec. - Go on.

Wait.

Since we heard about it, we've worked like crazy,

we haven't slept, that's why I've travelled so much

with Montreal and all,

because I was working on this,

And that's why I've cancelled work at the cafe,

that's why I did all this.

I couldn't wait to tell you, but I couldn't tell you before.

I wanted to take care of everything.

I'm sorry.

You've organized your trip to be here with us on the 20th,

so for us and Fred,

it's even more...

I was dreading telling you!

We have a great team and if you'd seen it tonight,

you'd have been damn proud of what we're doing.

We ran the show well,

and we were going to sell the show

and get the hell out of Quebec!

Do you hear me? Dammit, I've had it!

I want you to know that I won't give up.

You know that, but it hurts to tell you.

Yeah...

Yeah...

But Dad, I knew it, I don't want you to lose hope.

I know you want to see me do it and you want it to start

so you don't feel like I'm spinning in circles.

It hurts, I don't want to disappoint you.

I want you to know I'll keep fighting and I'll do it.

The show is worth millions, I'm telling you.

The show's worth what it's worth. It's worth...

I'm the only one who can reach this level.

I know it, we're close, we're getting there.

We have a team, we have people, everyone's all in.

Everyone's human about it.

No one's just here for the money.

They're here because they love the project.

Why, four days from the event?

On their end, it's not complicated.

They do branding for a company,

and their company is the Jacksons.

So they see another guy doing Michael afterwards,

in their eyes, that's pale copy,

it's a second one that has no business there.

Yeah.

A lot of people came to see this.

I know!

Well... - Yes, it's true.

It makes me sad for Karina and Charlie.

I wanted Charlie to see me on stage!

It's not over yet, though.

I know, but I want her to see me on stage

before she turns fucking ten or something!

It was a good opportunity.

I'd have had her come up on stage at the end.

I could picture the scenario.

I wanted my sister to see me

now that my relationship with her is OK.

It's important to me.

It hurts so damn much!

How will Karina take it?

You will explain it to her.

I'm out of energy. I told the dancers earlier.

That's enough.

That's enough for today, I'm out of gas.

(atmospheric score)

We gave a lot.

Several thousand dollars.

I told him I can't work the whole week to provide for you.

He told me, you know, I think it would

be better if you pay for everything.

Because at that time, I was working 50 to 60 hours a week.

So, I was making a good salary.

I wasn't really sure. I was like,

am I being taken advantage of?

My mother really struggled a lot at the beginning.

At one point, it caused so much friction,

that I had to stop talking to my mother.

(atmospheric score)

No matter what the world is going to say at that moment,

I know where I'm heading.

Now it's like, go ahead, go for it.

(atmospheric score)

(pained noises)

(pained noises)

(weights impacting)

(crowds cheering)

(music fades)

Ladies and gentlemen, we welcome Freddy Dufour to the studio.

He is a Michael Jackson impersonator

from Lac Saint-Jean.

You, in about 28 hours,

you will start a three-hour moonwalk marathon.

This record is currently held by a German

named Michael Frank

and he has held it since 2011.

It's 2 hours, 30 minutes, 50 seconds

moving in this manner.

What's your goal today?

I would say three hours, three and a half.

Yeah, yeah. If I'm beating it, I'm beating it.

So, break a leg!

We hope to see your face, which looks like Michael's,

in the Guinness Records book. - Alright.

And good luck! - Thanks, I appreciate it.

(background music) (chattering)

(whistling, cheering, clapping)

(whistling, cheering, clapping)

The man has one minute left!

I need you to do the final countdown

for the Guinness!

46...

47...

48...

49...

50...

51...

52!

Ladies and gentlemen!

Say it together! Freddy!

Freddy! Freddy! Freddy!

For those who just got here,

Fred has officially beaten the Guinness Record

for longest moonwalk!

Now we're at 2 hours, 32 minutes and 30 seconds.

A little more, so it's officially beaten.

- Ladies and gentlemen!

2 hours, 32 and 40 seconds!

(reflective score)

(whistling, cheering, clapping)

Congratulations, Freddy!

Yes, you beat it!

Yes!

Yeah!

Are you happy? Are you proud?

Yeah, yeah, I'm fine.

You had an audience encouraging you.

Yes, thank you! Thank you all for being here!

Thank you!

We got it!

We got it.

(reflective score)

So, the person coming up

is a young man from Quebec.

A guy from Saguenay-Lac-Saint-Jean.

He's among the best impersonators of his generation.

I've told you, his name is Frédérick.

But tonight, like many other nights, he becomes...

Michael Jackson, of course.

Let's welcome him!

(excited cheering) (reflective score)

Dreams are meant to be realized.

If you don't have a dream, you're dead.

I don’t want him to wake up at 40 and not know who he is.

My role is to ensure a certain level of protection for him.

To prevent him from damaging himself with surgery.

I don't think Fred will find happiness elsewhere.

(reflective score)

We're gonna do it together, man.

I make a promise in front of him, I don't care what it takes,

We'll do what it takes.

I owe him that.

(sobbing)

(reflective score)

When I look at myself in the mirror,

I see a work in progress.

(large excited crowd cheering)

If you spend several years with a vision in mind,

there's a reason.

(music peaks and fades)

Follow it.